Manjula Dahanayake

Mr. Manjula Dahanayake holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and is also a Chartered Marketer from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK. Mr. Dahanayake was appointed as the Group Chief Executive Officer on 02nd May 2019. He has over 29 years of experience in the Sales and Marketing arena with a wealth of knowledge in the fields of FMCG, Food and Beverages, Telecommunications and Mobile Devices having worked for Multinational Giants like Unilever Sri Lanka, Nestle Lanka, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka, Bharti Airtel Lanka, and Samsung Electronics to perceive a fantastic all-round exposure

At Unilever and Coca-Cola as Senior Marketing personnel, he got involved in launching many products and product extensions under the brand names of LUX, Rexona, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, and Lion, where he got involved in developing many outdoor campaigns which lead to the success of these brands.

Further, he is one of the pioneers who developed the Modern Trade business in Sri Lanka and is an exceptional individual who has a very good relationship with Supermarket Business partners in the country together with the multinational giants where he had worked for. At Coca-Cola, he was awarded the “Global Best Marketing Personnel of the year” award in 2003.