Vish Govindasamy 

Business leader Vish Govindasamy has shed his role as Group Managing Director at Sunshine Holdings PLC and will be the Deputy Chairman from 25 January.

Govindasamy has been with Sunshine Holdings, a diversified conglomerate and one of Sri Lanka’s top 50 listed companies, for over 26 years.

Before moving to Sri Lanka, he held several leadership roles in finance and management in USA. He is a past Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, and the Employer Federation of Ceylon.

Currently, he is a Member of the Governing Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Before his current position at Sunshine Holdings, Govindasamy was the CEO of Watawala Plantations, a diversified plantation management company in partnership with TATA India. 

At Watawala, he is largely credited with having played an instrumental role in successfully transforming a government owned plantation company after privatization into the highest capitalized regional plantation company to be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. He also is credited with creating the Brands Zesta, Watawala and Rankhata which are the leading tea brands in Sri Lanka today.

Govindasamy holds an MBA, and B.Sc. Electrical Engineering from the University of Hartford, USA. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Certified Professional Managers of Sri Lanka.

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