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Mr. Rohan Fernando
Chairman Non Independent Non Executive Director

Mr. Rohan Fernando was appointed as Non Independent Non Executive Director/Chairman of the Company on 7th February 2020. He also serves as Director/Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, Mobitel (Private) Limited, SLT Digital Info Services (Private) Limited, SLT Visioncom (Private) Limited, SLT Human Capital Solutions (Private) Limited, Sky Network (Private) Limited, SLT Property Management (Private) Limited, Sri Lanka Telecom (Services) Limited, SLT Campus (Private) Limited, Mobit Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. and Director of Galle Submarine Cable Depot (Private) Limited.

Mr. Fernando has over 40 years of experience in the tea industry and has been successful in innovation, promoting and marketing the traditional beverage of tea in many variants. He is the creator of the global tea brand HELADIV registered in 40 countries. He began his career as a Tea Taster at Carson Cumberbatch & Co., Ltd. in 1975. Mr. Fernando joined Brooke Bond Ceylon Limited and served as a Manager in the Tea Department from 1979 to 1989 with a secondment of one year as a Tea Trader, at its headquarters in the United Kingdom in 1982.

In 1990, he established HVA Lanka Exports as a joint venture with the Dutch agricultural conglomerate HVA Holdings bv and expanded the organisation to include several subsidiary companies, HVA Foods PLC., HVA Beverages & HVA Holdings. He functioned as the Chairman and CEO of the HVA Group as well as HVA Farms (Pvt) Ltd., an organic agro-resort in the NWP. Currently he serves on the board of HVA Foods PLC as its Founder-Adviser. He served on the Colombo Tea Traders Association as a member and also as a Director on the Sri Lanka Tea Board and as an Independent Director of the Sri Lanka Industrial Technology Institute from 2015 to 2016. He is also an Independent, Non-Executive Director of Ceylinco Insurance (General) Ltd.

Mr. Fernando functioned as the President of the National Chamber of Exporters in 2008 and 2009. He served as the elected Chairman of the Tea Exporters Association of Sri Lanka from 2014 to 2016. He is a National award winner since 1997 at the NCE Exports Awards and was selected “Exporter of the Year” winning Gold awards in 4 categories, in 1999. He was also awarded “Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the year 2015,” winning the National Gold award and “Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the year 2015,” with a Provincial Gold award.

He is a multi-disciplined sportsman having represented the school at Rowing, Volleyball, Tennis and Hockey. He represented and captained Sri Lanka at Rowing. He functioned as the president of the Sri Lanka Amateur Rowing Association for several years and was also a senior member of the National Olympic Committee. Currently, he serves as a member of the National Sports Council of Sri Lanka.


Mr. Lalith Seneviratne
Non Independent Non Executive Director

Mr. Lalith Seneviratne, was appointed to the Board as a Non Independent Non – Executive Director on 7th February 2020. He serves on the Boards of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd. Sri Lanka Telecom (Services) Ltd. SLT Digital Info Services (Pvt) Ltd., SLT Visioncom (Pvt) Ltd. and Mobit Technologies (Pvt) Ltd.

He is an Engineer by training. He has over thirty-five year’s experience in the corporate field, primarily with Motorola Corporation. Mr Seneviratne obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics from the University of Kent, UK and a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary, Canada. He pursued a career in telecommunications starting in 1982 at the then Sri Lanka Telecommunications Department (present day SLT). In 1988, he became the Head of Engineering of Celltel, setting up South Asia’s first mobile telephone network. In 1990, Mr Seneviratne accepted a position with Motorola Corporation and moved to Singapore on a regional role. During this period he developed Motorola’s relationship with SLT that enabled SLT to provide telephone service to remote areas including restoring telephone service to Jaffna in 1996.

Since leaving Motorola Mr Seneviratne has carried out several professional consulting assignments in telecommunications and renewable energy, while engaging in rural electrification activities during his spare time. He was part of a team that set up four grid connected mini hydropower systems. He implemented Sri Lanka’s first off-grid village solar electrification system in 2001 and Sri Lanka’s first off-grid village biomass electrification system in 2004.

During the period 2006 to 2009, Mr Seneviratne was a member of the Board of Directors of Lanka Transformers Ltd and its Chairman during the latter part. He was a member of the inaugural governing board of the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority.

Currently Mr Seneviratne is a member of the Board of Directors of four mini hydropower companies – M/s Escas Owala Pvt Ltd, Escas Ankanda Pvt Ltd, Escas Diggala Pvt Ltd, and Escas Kiula Pvt Ltd.

Mr Seneviratne is the recipient of the Year 1999 Motorola CEO Award for Volunteerism. For his voluntary services to the Department of Wildlife Conservation he was made an Honorary Director in the Department. For his innovation he was elected a Lemelson Fellow and for his sustainable development activities he was elected an Ashoka Fellow. On the 20th Anniversary of the Internet Society of Sri Lanka, he was recognised as one of twentyfive people having contributed to the early development of the Internet in Sri Lanka.

Mr Seneviratne is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, UK.


Mr. Sudharshana Geeganage
Executive Director

Mr. Geeganage was appointed to the Board of eChanneling on 6th April 2017. He is a leading and respected professional in Sri Lanka with a combination of qualifications and experience spanning disciplines of Engineering, Finance and Management. An Engineering Graduate from the University of Moratuwa and a Post Graduate in Economics from the University of Colombo, he is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA), UK, Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Mr. Geeganage counts over 21 years of corporate experience and possesses a unique blend of expertise spanning management consultancy, Investment & Development Banking, Finance and Strategy. Two thirds of his professional career have been in the telecommunication sector. Having commenced his career at Messrs Ernst & Young in management consultancy, Mr. Geeganage moved to Vanik Incorporation where he worked in Investment Banking and thereafter to National Development Bank (NDB) where he gained exposure to investment as well as development banking. At present Mr. Geeganage is the Chief Finance Officer at Mobitel (Private) Limited, a leading mobile telephony service operator in Sri Lanka.


Mr. Lawrence Paratz
Non Executive Director

Mr. Lawrence Paratz was appointed to the Board of SLT as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 26th May 2010.

He holds an MSc (Telecommunication Systems) with Distinction and was awarded the Philips prize from Essex University and a MEng. Sc. from the University of Queensland.

He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust) and an alumnus of the Stanford University Executive Development Programme. In addition, he holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and Engineering (Honours). In 2011, he was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

Mr. Paratz has more than 30 years’ experience in all facets of the telecommunication industries, including mobile, fixed, broadband, satellite and international networks, both domestic and international. This includes Capital and Infrastructure Development, Operations, Sales, Customer Service and Regulatory Issues. As Director and Chief Executive of Acacia Australia Private Limited, he was responsible for the development of an integrated proposal for national broadband communication in Australia.

He has served as a Director of Maxis Communication Berhad, Chairman of the Technology Committee of the Board and a Director of Vernet Private Limited, a company providing ultra-high speed broadband to universities and research establishments in Australia. He was a former senior executive of Telstra Corporation. Mr. Paratz is also the Chairman of the Technology Sub-Committee and member of the Risk Management Committee and the Senior Tender Board. He is also a Director of Mobitel (Private) Limited, Sky Networks (Private) Limited, SLT Property Management (Private) Limited, SLT Campus (Private) Limited, Sri Lanka Telecom (Services) Limited, VisionCom (Private) Limited, and SLT Publications (Private) Limited. He is also a Director of Real Thing Entertainment Pty Limited and Razorback Proprietary Limited.

Mr. Paratz has had executive responsibility for multibillion dollar programmes and integrations, including network transformations and deployments across multiple technologies, with extensive experience in international, metropolitan, regional and rural communications. He previously served as a member of the Board of Australian Governments Internet Assistance Programme. He has been an invited speaker at the Australian Health Informatics Conference and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

Mr. Paratz was formerly Chairman of the On-Trac@Peter Mac Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Programme and has been involved on e-health.


Mr. D. J. Stephen
Independent, Non-Executive Director

MBA, DIPM, CIM (U.K.)

Mr. Dallas Joshua Stephen was appointed to the Board of E-Channelling PLC on 26th September 2012. He is a well-established practicing marketer with over eighteen years of experience in areas ranging from sales management, product/marketing management, export marketing, services marketing to direct marketing. He has worked in several well-known Sri Lankan and multinational organizations and has acquired a vast amount of invaluable experience in all areas of sales and marketing management over the years. Mr. Stephen holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (Dip.M) from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, U.K. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Sri Jayawardhanepura (Postgraduate Institute of Management PIM). As a resource person attached to the National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) and the University of Colombo (For the MBA Program), he has successfully conducted several programmes on CRM and related areas with much success. He was a lecturer at the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) for the CIM (U.K.) exams.


Mr. S.A. Hettiarachchi
Independent, Non-Executive Director

MBA (W.Sydney), ACMA (U.K.), CGMA

Mr. Sampath Hettiarachchi was appointed to the Board of E-Channelling PLC on 1st May 2013. Prior to this appointment, from 2008 to April 2013, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC. Mr. Hettiarachchi has over 20 years of managerial and leadership experience at leading corporate institutions in both service sector and manufacturing operations including Ansell Lanka Private Limited ,Lankabell Limited and the DCSL Group. Presently he hold directorships in two private entities namely M/S Premier Lands and Real Estate (Pvt.) Ltd. and Signage World (Pvt.) Ltd. Mr. Hettiarachchi holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Sydney, Australia and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U.K. (ACMA) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).


Last update : 31/04/2021