Rohan Fernando

Dr. Rohan Fernando was appointed to the Board of Elpitiya Plantations PLC on August 01, 1997 and as Managing Director on May 14, 2004. He is the Managing Director of Aitken Spence Plantation Managements PLC and an Executive Director of Aitken Spence PLC.

Dr. Fernando, is currently responsible for the Plantations segment and Business Development of the Aitken Spence Group covering sustainability and branding. Dr. Fernando has extensive experience in the plantation industry both in the public and private sectors, corporate management, corporate strategy and played a key role in the plantations privatisation programme.

He was the Chairman of United Nations Global Compact Network. Sri Lanka, a former President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Chapter and is also a Member of the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Business of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT).

He holds a PhD and a MBA from the University of Colombo and is also a Chartered Marketer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK.