Ranjith new Chairman at Vallibel Finance

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Former civil servant K.V.P. Ranjith De Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of Vallibel Finance Plc. Prior to the latest appointment, De Silva served on the Board as an Independent Non Executive Director, a post he assumed on 23 April this year.

De Silva was a former Secretary to Ministries of Shipping and Aviation. During his tenure in public service, De Silva held many key positions in the public sector at divisional, district and national level and has served in various Government Ministries such as Food and Cooperative, Home Affairs, Health, Ports and Aviation. He joined the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) in 1980 and became a special grade SLAS officer in 2006. He held the position of Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Ports in 2005 and became the Secretary to the Ministry of Ports and Aviation in 2009. He became the Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 2010. During this period he had also worked very closely with the private sector organisations. During his tenure at the Ministry of Ports and Aviation and Ministry of Civil Aviation, some of the major Government projects such as the Colombo Port Expansion Project, Port of Oluvil, Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port and Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport at Mattala were commenced and completed under his supervision as the Chief Accounting Officer in those Ministries. De Silva served as a member of the Standing Cabinet Appointed Review Committee which granted in-principle approval for major Government projects. De Silva holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Vidyodaya University and Postgraduate Diploma from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM). With the latest changes, the Board of Directors of Vallibel Finance Plc comprises K.V.P. Ranjith De Silva (Chairman), S.B. Rangamuwa (Managing Dircetor/CEO), Dhammika Perera (Executive Director), R.M. Karunaratne, T. Murakami, K.D.A. Perera and A. Dadigama.