Mr. S J M Anzsar was appointed to the Board of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC on 07th January 1997 and as the Chairman on 12th December 1997. He is a Chartered Accountant with a career span of over forty years that included Partnership at an international professional firm; senior management roles at a UK based conglomerate specializing in Africa. Since the mid-nineties he has been engaged in the private equity sector focusing in Africa and Sri Lanka.

He currently serves on the Company Directorates of, Lanka IOC PLC, Lake House Printers & Publishers PLC. He is the President of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA), President Institute of Chartered Professional Managers of Sri Lanka (CPM), Past President of the Association of Management Development Institutes of South Asia (AMDISA), Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), Founder President of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT) and Past President of the Organization of Professionals Association of Sri Lanka (OPA). He was installed in the Hall of Fame of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka in 2013. In 2018 he was Awarded the Life Time Achievement Award by CMA Sri Lanka. Received the OPA National Apex Award for Professional Excellence in the Finance & Banking Sector in 2022.A proud receiver of the National Honours Sri Lanka Sikhamani conferred for distinguished services of a general nature awarded by the President of Sri Lanka in 2019.

Mr. A R Rasiah was appointed as an alternate Director to Chairman, Mr. S J M Anzsar of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC from 13th August 2019. Mr. Rasiah is a Fellow Member of the Institute of chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and finalist of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from University of Ceylon. His illustrious career both in finance and commerce spans over thirty-five years. He started his career with Ernst and Young and later served at Mercantile Group of Companies and Almulla Group of Companies, Kuwait. Finally, he joined Nestle Lanka PLC as Director Finance in 1994 and was with the Group till his retirement in 2005. He was formerly, Chairman of Atlas Axillia (Pvt) Ltd, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors and Senior Director of Nations Trust Bank PLC. Mr. Rasiah currently functions as the Chairman of Hela Apparel Holdings PLC and as a Non-Executive Director of several public and private companies. A keen sportsman who has represented Sri Lanka at Table- Tennis.

Mr. B C U Perera was appointed to the Board of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC on 01st January 2014. Mr. B C U Perera has over thirty years of commercial experience in senior management capacity. He joined the John Keells Group in 1992 seconded to John Keells Office Automation (Pvt) Limited and held the positions of Sales & Marketing Manager, Director Sales & Marketing, Director / General Manager and became the CEO / Vice President – John Keells Holdings in the year 2000. In 2010 he moved from IT to take up a challenging career in the F & B Sector within the same group. Mr. B C U Perera was in charge of the beverage business where he held the position of Vice President John Keells Holdings / Head of Beverages until he resigned from the John Keels Group in December 2013. Ceylon Cold Stores a public quoted company which had operated for over one hundred forty years. After joining Gestetner of Ceylon PLC as its Managing Director in January 2014 he served until 5th January 2019 and stepped down from an operational role to continue serving the board as a non-executive Director.

Keki Wadia (commonly known as Kris Wadia) was appointed as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 13th August 2019. He is a senior global executive with a proven track record of successful business launches, revenue growth, and corporate turnarounds at speed and scale. Kris has been a Partner at Accenture, the global technology consulting giant and President – Global Delivery Network at Quintiles, the world’s largest clinical trials outsourcer.

Ms. Geethanjalee was appointed to the Board of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC on 28th October 2022. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting (Sp.) from University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Ms. Geethanjalee counts over eight years’ experience in senior management. She commenced her career at Renuka Hotels Group as Group Accountant following which she joined the Gestetner Group in 2011. After proficiently holding the positions of Group Accountant, Finance Manager & DGM Finance & Administration she, in addition to being a Director of Fintek Managed Solutions (Pvt) Ltd, is presently functionally titled GM Finance & Operations of the Gestetner Group.

Mr Muhammed Hamza was initially appointed as a non Executive Director of Gestetner Ceylon PLC effective August 2018.

Mr Hamza had a 30 year long career with the multinational group Nestle. He joined Nestle Lanka as a Management Trainee and was with the group till 2013. During his career spanning 30 years with Nestle he has held Senior Marketing, Sales, Business Units and General Management positions across Sri Lanka, Pakistan , Indonesia and India,

He also worked as the CEO/ Director at Atlas Axilia (Pvt) Limited, from 2013 to 2018, the Market Leader for school and office stationary products in Sri Lanka. During his tenure at Atlas, Mr Hamza played a significant role in transforming Atlas Axilia into a dynamic, results oriented and visible organisation.

He was also a non Executive Independent Director at Ceylon Cold Stores Limited (Including JKH supermarkets), from 2015 to 2024.

Mr Hamza holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Peradeniya and a MBA with a major in Marketing from the American University, Washington DC. He has also followed the Executive Development Programme at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mr. E. D. P. Soosaipillai was appointed to the Board of Gestetner of Ceylon Plc on 1^st January 2025. He chairs the Board Audit Committee and the Related Part Transaction Review Committee of the Company.

Mr. Soosaipillai is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka.

In a career spanning over 35 years in the governance of financial and reporting systems both at the operational and strategic levels, Mr. Soosaipillai brings to the table a core discipline in finance, a core competency in Risk Identification, Assessment and Management at operational levels and Forward Risk Assessment at a strategic level and three decades of experience in senior management in the financial services industry.

His decade and a half of board level executive experience spans that of several leading specialised leasing companies in the capacity of Finance Director, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, whilst his experience as a Non-Executive Director includes the boards of LFC’s, a Systemically Important LCB and Regional Plantation Companies.

He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Finlays Colombo Ltd. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Boards of C M Holdings PLC and York Arcade Holdings PLC, where he chairs the Board Audit Committee, the Related Part Transaction Review Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination and Governance Committee of the two companies.

Mr. Soosaipillai previously served on the Board of Hatton National Bank PLC as an Independent Non-Executive Director, principally as Chair of the Board Integrated Risk Management Committee and the Board Procurement Committee as well as an active member of the Board Strategy and Investment Committee, the Board Recoveries Committee and the Board Human Resources and Remuneration Committee.

Appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Commercial Credit and Finance PLC in January 2014, he was elected Chairman in March 2020, until his resignation from the Board in November 2022. During his Chairmanship at Commercial Credit and Finance PLC he chaired the Board Nomination Committee and the Board Remuneration Committee. He previously chaired the Board Audit Committee and was an active member of the Board Integrated Risk Management Committee and the Board Related Party Transactions Review Committee.

He was briefly engaged by the World Bank as a Short-Term Consultant on a Payables Assessment assignment in the Maldives as part of a wider Public Finance Management project in 2012. Mr. Soosaipillai also served as the Managing Director of the Maldives Finance Leasing Company Ltd., for over 7 years and as the Chief Executive Officer of Ceylease Financial Services Ltd., a subsidiary of the Bank of Ceylon, prior to that.