Jit Gunaratne joins Lanka Tiles Board

Lanka Tiles Plc has announced the appointment of Jit Gunaratne as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 15 March.

Gunaratne has 40 years career experience at John Keells Holdings PLC, leading the teams in the Food & Beverage, Plantations and Leisure sectors of the Group.  The insights and experiences gained from these diverse industries honed his expertise in strategic planning and execution, production and distribution and industrial relations and change management. 

Gunaratne was a Member of the Group Executive Committee of the JKH Group from 2005 to 2020, Member of the Food Advisory Council of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka (2016-2018), Founder Chairman of the Beverage Association of Sri Lanka (2012-2018), Member of the Council for Hotel and Tourism of the Employer’s Federation of Ceylon (2018-2020) and held Directorships and served on several public listed and private Companies within the JKH Group.

With the latest appointment the Board of Lanka Tiles Plc comprises K.D.D. Perera (Chairman), A.M. Weerasinghe (Deputy Chairman), J.A.P.M. Jayasekera (Managing Director), A.M.L. Page, T.G. Thoradeniya, K.D.G. Gunaratne, S. Selliah, J.A.N.R. Adhihetty, S.M. Liyanage, S.R. Jayaweera, J.R. Gunaratne, and G.A.R.D. Prasanna (alternate to D. Perera).