Monday, 28 October 2013 01:11
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Organisation of Professional Associations held on Friday 25 October. The new President V. Ganesh was inducted as the 33rd President of the OPA. He takes over from Benedict Ulluwishewa.
OPA is the national apex body of 44 professional associations and has a membership of over 50,000 professionals.
Ganesh is a fellow of the Institute of Supply & Materials Management (ISMM) and currently serves as the CEO of the Nawaloka Group of Companies. He has been a member of the OPA Ex-Co and forum since 2001 and has served as a Vice President for over four years, since 2007 and as the President Elect 2012/13.
He was the president of the ISMM from 2002 to 2005 and has represented ISMM at several International seminars and conferences of the International Federation of Purchasing & Supply Management (IFPSM).
Ganesh worked at Unilever Ceylon Ltd. for 33 years and ended his carrier as the Chief Buyer and Head of Logistics. He has been the leader of several regional buying teams and global buying teams of Unilever worldwide. After his retirement from Unilever Ceylon Ltd. he served as General Manager of Amico Industries before joining the Nawaloka Group of Companies.
Ganesh, a public schools athlete and a sportsman, has served as the Vice President of the Mercantile Hockey Association and as Senior Vice President of the Sri Lankan Hockey Federation.
