A Shakthevale

Dr. Shakthevale was appointed to the Board of Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) Plc as an Independent Director on 01st May 2008. He is also a Director of the Boards of United Dairies Lanka (Pvt) Limited, Madulsima Plantations PLC, and Balangoda Plantations PLC as well.

Dr. Shakthevale is a Veterinarian cum Agricultural Economist with nearly 45 years of consulting, agricultural planning, project implementation, monitoring, and policy formulation experience. He has served in various positions towards the development, monitoring, and administration of numerous agricultural sectors. He has experience in working in the public (Agriculture, Livestock, Education, and Health sectors) and private sector, central and provincial ministries, and at district levels. He served as a Secretary at the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Social Service in North East Provincial Council; Additional Secretary (Livestock) at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development for six years; Board Director for MILCO and NLDB; Project Manager, Millennium Development Goals Project, funded by UNDP; Coordinating Secretary (Parliamentary Affairs) to the Minister of Policy Planning and Implementation; Member of the Sri Lanka Independent Finance Commission; President of the Veterinary Council of Sri Lanka and President of the Senior Veterinary Surgeons Association of Sri Lanka. He has worked at FAO and UNDP, UNHABITAT, Land O’Lakes, Oxfam GD. At present, he is a member of the technical committee of All Island Dairy Association and a freelance Consultant in the field of Livestock Development.