New Chairman, MD/CEO at Chevron Lubricants Lanka

Chairman Muhammad Najam Shamsuddin

Managing Director/CEO Bertram Paul

Consequent to the resignation of Rochna Kaul as Director (Chairperson/ Non-Executive Director) of Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, Muhammad Najam Shamsuddin has been appointed as Chairman (Non-Executive Director) with effect from 2 November 2022.

Shamsuddin, served as the Managing Director/CEO since October 2020.

Chevron Lubricants Lanka also announced that Bertram Shanthikumar Paul has been appointed as a Director (Executive Director) of the Company with effect from 2 November 2022.

Paul has also been appointed as Managing Director/CEO of the Company with effect from 2 November.

Paul has over 30 years of experience in business practice, with wide ranging industry exposure covering Energy, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Financial Services, Information Technology, Retailing, Real Estate, and Education. 

He has worked in markets in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East in various positions of product and brand management, sales and marketing management as well as general management, with wide ranging business responsibilities.

Having joined Chevron Sri Lanka in 2008 as the General Manager – Sales and Marketing, he has been an integral part of its success, despite keen competition and adverse macro environmental factors. In 2012, he undertook an expatriate assignment with the Indonesian business unit of Chevron Lubricants, based in Jakarta, where he served as Country Sales Manager/ President Director for a period of two years.

As a member of the senior leadership team of Chevron Sri Lanka, he has received many accolades including winning the intellect Award in 2010 and is a two-time winner of the award for Management Team Member of the year, consecutively in 2015 and 2016.

Prior to joining Chevron, he was the Director/ CEO of Richard Pieris Distributors, the sole hypermarket operator in Sri Lanka and prior to that he was the Sales and Marketing Director of the Anglo Dutch Multinational, Reckitt Benckiser.

Bertram holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants-UK, and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing -UK and is also a Chartered Marketer.

Bertram is currently reading for his Doctorate in Business Administration at the University of Kelaniya.

Having also been involved in Accounting and Marketing education in a part time capacity over the last 30 years, with the aim of giving back to society, Bertram is currently part of the faculty of the MBA Programme of Birmingham City University- UK; delivered in Sri Lanka via Next Campus, covering their Marketing and Strategic Management modules.

He has served previously as a member of the Management Committee of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Sri Lanka Region heading the Corporate integration Taskforce, where he was responsible for taking “marketing” into the Boardrooms of Sri Lankan Corporates.

Bertram is the recipient of an “Achievers Award” from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, for services rendered to businesses, profession, and society. He is also the recipient of an award of special recognition from the Chartered Institute of Marketing - UK in their centenary year, in appreciation of his contribution towards the marketing profession and the development of outstanding students and professional marketers.