Asoka Pieris

Mr. H. A. Pieris (Asoka Pieris) was appointed a Director of the Company on 25 February 2019. He was also appointed to the Board of subsidiary company Cargills Foods Company (Private) Limited as Director Consultant Advisor on 1 March 2019 and appointed as Managing Director on 1 February 2020. 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. He has wide and varied experience in the fields of Marketing, Finance, and Manufacturing both in Sri Lanka and overseas. He was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Singer Group in Sri Lanka, from July 2010 to October 2018. He also has overseas working experience in Hong Kong as the Vice President Finance of Singer Asia Limited for two years and in Marketing in Singer Jamaica. He has been a Director of Public Quoted Companies in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Indonesia and a Director of Non Quoted Companies in India and Hong Kong.