Asoka Pieris

Mr. Asoka Pieris has wide and varied experience in the fields of Finance, Marketing and Manufacturing both in Sri Lanka and overseas.

Currently he is on the Board of Directors of Cargills (Ceylon) PLC and is the Managing Director of Cargills Foods Company (Private) Limited. He has been previously employed at Singer Group of companies in various capacities, including as CEO and CFO of Singer Group in Sri Lanka and CFO of Singer Asia and Director of the group’s Public Companies in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He has held Board positions in several other companies and has also been a Director of Hatton National Bank PLC and Chairman of its Audit Committee.

He is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and a Certified Global Management Accountant.