CBL Group appoints Sheamalee Wickramasingha as Chairman

CBL Investments Limited and its group of companies (CBL Group) has appointed Group Managing Director Sheamalee (Shea) Wickramasingha as Chairman of the Group with effect from July 6, while she continues in her role as Group Managing Director. She succeeds the late Ramya Sanath Amaraweera Wickramasingha, who had served as Chairman since 2015. The appointment continues the leadership legacy established by CBL founder and President Emeritus, the late Mineka Wickramasingha, who founded the business in 1968. Sheamalee Wickramasingha, the founder’s eldest daughter, joined Ceylon Biscuits Limited in 1991 and has held several senior leadership positions over the past three decades. She joined the company’s Board of Directors in 1996 and has served as Group Managing Director for more than 10 years, leading the Group’s long-term strategy, international expansion, innovation and sustainable growth initiatives. A food technologist by profession, Wickramasingha holds a Master of Science in Food Chemistry from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Industry from Kansas State University in the United States. CBL Group manufactures a wide range of food products, including biscuits, confectionery, chocolates, cakes, cereals, soya, coconut and fruit-based products under brands such as Munchee, Ritzbury, Revello, Tiara, Lanka Soy, Samaposha, Sera and Nutriline. Its products are exported to more than 70 countries, with manufacturing operations in Sri Lanka, Ghana and Indonesia. The Group also operates SPAR supermarkets in Sri Lanka under licence and employs more than 7,000 people. In addition to her corporate responsibilities, Wickramasingha serves on the Main Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the Advisory Committee on Processed Food and Beverages of the Export Development Board, the UNICEF Business Council in Sri Lanka, and is President of the Sri Lanka–Indonesia Business Council. She also chairs Modern Pack Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. and serves on the boards of several other companies. (Newswire)