Norman Gunewardene
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Norman Gunewardene is a Sri Lanka
n corporate leader and executive, who holds and has held corporate positions in Sri Lanka and the region. He is the former Chairman of Aitken Spence & Co. Ltd.
which is one of the largest conglomerates in the island, Odel Investments (Pvt) Limited and Odel Foundatiom. He has been the Honorary Consul for New Zealand in Sri Lanka.
Educated at the Royal College Colombo
, he joined the Royal Ceylon Navy in 1952 and had his training at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and the Indian Midshipman’s Training Establishment, Bombay where he won the President of India’s plaque for the best all round Midshipman of the course.
In 1956 he joined Bonars Ceylon Limited, a marine engineering company, and Aitken Spence and Company Limited in 1958. He was its Chairman in 1995/96 and remained a non-executive director until his retirement in 2002. He served as the Vice Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka, as a Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission from 1997–2000 and as a Director of Sri Lanka Telecom
Limited from 2000–2003
He was married to Delysia and had two sons Ajit
, Ruchi one daughter Otara Gunewardene
.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n corporate leader and executive, who holds and has held corporate positions in Sri Lanka and the region. He is the former Chairman of Aitken Spence & Co. Ltd.
Aitken Spence
Aitken Spence PLC is a blue chip conglomerate operating out of Colombo, Sri Lanka.-History:Aitken Spence was formed in 1868 as Clark Spence and Co. It was appointed as an agent for Lloyds of London in 1876. Aitken Spence was established as a limited liability company in 1948...
which is one of the largest conglomerates in the island, Odel Investments (Pvt) Limited and Odel Foundatiom. He has been the Honorary Consul for New Zealand in Sri Lanka.
Educated at the Royal College Colombo
Royal College Colombo
The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...
, he joined the Royal Ceylon Navy in 1952 and had his training at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and the Indian Midshipman’s Training Establishment, Bombay where he won the President of India’s plaque for the best all round Midshipman of the course.
In 1956 he joined Bonars Ceylon Limited, a marine engineering company, and Aitken Spence and Company Limited in 1958. He was its Chairman in 1995/96 and remained a non-executive director until his retirement in 2002. He served as the Vice Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka, as a Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission from 1997–2000 and as a Director of Sri Lanka Telecom
Sri Lanka Telecom
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC is the premier telecommunications services provider in Sri Lanka and one of the country’s most valuable blue chip companies with an annual turnover in excess of Rs 40 billion...
Limited from 2000–2003
He was married to Delysia and had two sons Ajit
Ajit Gunewardene
Ajit Gunewardene is a Sri Lankan corporate executive and businessman. Current joint managing director and Deputy Chairman of John Keells Holdings, Sri Lanka's foremost conglomerate...
, Ruchi one daughter Otara Gunewardene
Otara Gunewardene
Otara Del Gunewardene is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of the brand ODEL.Otara ventured into selling garments from the boot of her car. In 1989, having rented a small place on Lester James Peries Mawatha in Colombo 4, she opened ODEL - the first of a chain of retail outlets...
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