Sanjeev Gardiner

Mr. Sanjeev Gardiner who has been a Director of Cargills (Ceylon) PLC since 1994 is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Gardiner Group of Companies which includes the Galle Face Hotel Co Limited, Galle Face Hotel 1994 (Pvt) Ltd, Ceylon Hotels Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (holding Co of Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC), Kandy Hotels Company (1938) PLC (which owns the Queen’s and Suisse Hotels in Kandy) and, United Hotels Co (Pvt) Limited which owns the The Surf (Bentota), The Safari (Tissa) and The Lake – (Polonnaruwa). He is also the Chairman of Ambeon Capital PLC, and Ambeon Holdings PLC and is a Director on the Boards of Millennium I.T. E.S.P. (Pvt) Ltd, and Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC, among its other companies. Mr. Gardiner counts over 25 years of management experience in a diverse array of business. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia and, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business (Banking and Finance) from Monash University, Australia. He has been a Council Member of HelpAge Sri Lanka for several years.