New Chairman appointed to STC General Trading

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Former Provincial Councillor Dr. A.M. Jameel has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of STC General Trading Company Ltd.

“The vision of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is not to burden the Lankan consumers and STC BUP_DFT_DFT-7 is one way of achieving this by the Government as it strives to give the best price. Therefore, it is important that it is led by experienced personnel,” Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen said at the ceremony when Dr. Jameel took office.

A two-time MP of Eastern Provincial Council, Dr. Jameel is a B.Com grad (Hons - specialised in Marketing Management) from the South Eastern University and proceeded for his MBA from University of Leadership and Management, Lahore, Pakistan. Thereafter, he obtained his PhD from Santa Monica College of University of California. He also counts 12 years management experience.

“STC is a competitive, profit making public firm that can show the way for other loss making public institutions and has a dedicated staff. It was named as the best institute recently by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE)” said Minister Bathiudeen.