New Board appointments at Singer

Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, recently announced the appointment of Stephen Goodman, Gelmart Gellecanao as Directors and Sujeewa Perera as an Alternate Director.

Stephen Goodman returns to the Board after eight years.  He is currently the Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Sewko and of Singer Asia which are Parent Companies of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC. 

Since September 2000, he has served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Retail Holdings N.V. Retail Holdings  NV is the ultimate  parent company of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC. From the beginning of 1998, he held office as President and Chief Executive Officer of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC’s ultimate Parent Company.  Stephen Goodman has previously served on the Board of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC from July 2000 to May 2008.

Gelmart Gellecanao is Vice President – Risk Management of Singer Asia Ltd. and a member of the Board of Directors of Singer Bangladesh Ltd.

Gelmart joined the Singer Corporate office in May 1994 as an International Auditor and was responsible for the audits of Singer’s locations and affiliates.  He also worked as Controller in a number of Singer locations.

He holds a BSc. in Business Administration, Major in Accounting, from the University of the Philippines, is a Certified Public Accountant, Philippines, a Certified Internal Auditor, U.S.A. and a Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, USA.

Sujeewa Perera is currently the Factory Director – Singer (Sri Lanka) Factory, a position he has held since July 2013. 

Sujeewa joined the Singer Group in September 1994 as an Internal Auditor and has risen through the corporate ladder. He joined Singer (Sri Lanka) Factory as Assistant Accountant in June 1997 and held significant finance titles including Cost Accountant, Management Accountant and Administrative Accountant. In January 2005 he was promoted to Senior Management as the Factory Controller and was responsible for finance as well as human resources.  

Prior to joining Singer, Sujeewa served KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Co., for a period of over four years.