Board of Directors

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S. Chandra Das

Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director

Mr. S. Chandra Das was appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director of our Company on 5th June 2012. He has over 40 years of experience primarily in companies involved in the trading and manufacturing industries.

At present, Mr. Chandra Das is the Managing Director of NUR Investment & Trading Pte. Ltd and he sits as an Independent Director on the Boards of Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd and TalkMed Group Ltd and is a director in several other companies also.

Mr. Chandra Das currently serves as Singapore's Non-Resident High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, the Pro-Chancellor of Nanyang Technology University in Singapore and a Life Trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA).

Mr. Chandra Das graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics (Honours) from the University of Singapore (now known as National University of Singapore). He has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Business by the University of Newcastle, Australia and an Honorary Doctorate in Commercial Science by St. John's University, New York.

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Hariharan Selvanathan

Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Hariharan Selvanathan was appointed to the Board on 28th May 2012, as the Deputy Chairman of our Company and was appointed as its Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1st November 2017. He is responsible for the strategic direction and overall management of our business operations, including oversight of the Company’s sustainability strategy. He has over 20 years of experience in commodity trading in the international markets.

Presently, Mr. Selvanathan is the Chairman of Bukit Darah PLC (BDPLC), Deputy Chairman of Carson Cumberbatch PLC (CCPLC) (the ultimate parent companies of GAHL) and some of their subsidiary companies. He also holds concurrent appointments as the Vice Chairman of Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC and Vice Chairman of Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC.

Mr. Selvanathan graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Madras, India.

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Aneesh Dudeja

President & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Aneesh Dudeja is the President of Goodhope Group. He joined the Group in 2016 and leads the Corporate Strategy, Group Finance and Business Development activities together with responsibility for Accounting, Treasury and Commercial.

Prior to joining Goodhope, he was the Managing Director and Head of Commodity Traders & Agribusiness for Standard Chartered Bank. In his 20-year banking career he has worked in Corporate & Investment Banking in India, Middle East and South East Asia. He started his career with General Electric before he moved into the Banking sector in 1996. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

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Don Chandima Gunawardena

Non-Executive Non-Independent Director

Mr. Don Chandima Gunawardena was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of our Company on 7th June 2012. Presently, he is also a Non-Executive Director of Bukit Darah PLC (BDPLC) and Carson Cumberbatch PLC (CCPLC) and sits on the Boards other subsidiary companies of CCPLC and BDPLC. He has over four decades of experience in varied fields of business and commercial activities and has held senior positions in the corporate sector.

Mr. Gunawardena is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountant (CIMA), United Kingdom.

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Ajith Weeratunge

Non-Executive Non-Independent Director

Mr. Ajith Weeratunge is a Non-Executive Director of our Company and was appointed on 29th January 2018.

He is the Director Finance of Carson Cumberbath PLC and several real estate investment subsidiaries and management companies of Carson Cumberbath PLC. Mr. Weeratunge has been with the Carsons Group for over 20 years and has more than 37 years of finance related experience in several leading mercantile sector companies in Sri Lanka.

He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), United Kingdom.