New Executive Vice Chairman J.C. Joshua (right) and new Managing Director Rohan Fernando

Access Engineering PLC (AEL) has announced a new Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director with effect from 24 August.

J.C. Joshua, who currently serves as the Managing Director, will be the Executive Vice Chairman. Director and Chief Operating Officer Rohan Fernando will be the Managing Director. 

Joshua is one of the founder Directors of the Access Group of Companies, he was instrumental in heading some of the most successful business units within the Group. A founder shareholder of AEL, he was the Joint Managing Director/CEO of the company.

Fernando joined the AEL Group in 1998 as an Engineer based in the Engineering Division and played a vital role in enabling the division to become a separate business entity, encompassing the name and persons of AEL. Having held senior management positions in AEL, he was appointed to the Board in 2002. In 2007, he was appointed as the Director/COO of AEL.

Senior business leader Sumal Perera is the Chairman of AEL. The rest of the Board comprises R. J. S. Gomez, S. H. S. Mendis, S. D. Munasinghe, K. A. M. K. Ranasinghe, N. D. Gunaratne, S. D. Perera, D. S. Weerakkody and Shamal Perera.

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