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Top professional Sunil Dissanayake has been appointed as the General Manager of The Kingsbury in addition to serving as a Director on the Board of owning company Hotel Services (Ceylon) Plc.
The appointment was following Otto M Stohl relinquishing his functions as the CEO recently even though his contract will formally end only on 31 July 2013.
Sunil joined the Hotel Services board in April 2010 after having joined Hayleys Plc in July 2007 and appointed to the Group Management Committee in the same month.
He is also responsible for Group Human Resources, Corporate Communications/Sustainability and Group Security.
A Graduate in Hotel Management, Sunil as awarded the Lifetime Gold Award in 2011 and Honorary Membership in 2004 by the Institute of Personnel Management,
Prior to joining Hayleys, he held several senior management positions in large private sector entities in Sri Lanka and abroad in Human Resources management and in Hotel Management.
He is a former President of the Ceylon Hotel School Graduates Association and a former Member of the Hotel Classification Committee of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. Is a member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Steering Committee for HR and Education and is also a Steering Committee Member of the Lanka Business Coalition (LBCH) for prevention of AIDS.
