Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Alliance Finance appoints Ramani Ponnambalam as Chairperson

Ramani Ponnambalam

The Alliance Finance Co PLC (AFC) has just announced the appointment of Ramani Ponnambalam as Chairperson replacing Sunil Karunanayake who passed away recently.

Ponnambalam was appointed to the Board of Alliance Finance Co PLC in 2011 as a Non-Executive Director and has served as a Member of The Remuneration Committee and Related Party Transaction Review Committee. She is therefore well acquainted with the evolution and practices of AFC.

She has previously served as Director of McLarens Holdings Ltd, GAC Shipping Ltd and GAC Logistics Limited. She is currently Managing Director of Macbertan (Pvt) Ltd and is a Director of Macbertan Holdings Limited and overlooks the HR and admin functions of Macbertan.

She is also a Non-Executive Independent Director and Audit Committee Member of The Kingsbury PLC and Amaya Leisure PLC.

In addition to these Board appointments, she also currently serves on the Board of Pidilite Lanka Pvt Ltd, a BOI Approved JV Company as its local Director.

Ramani Ponnambalam functions as board member and Joint Secretary of Women’s Chamber of Industry & Commerce (WCIC) and is passionately involved in the Development of Women Entrepreneurs through WCIC.

Most of her leisure activity is spent as the President of The Classic Car Club of Ceylon which is the Country Representative of FIVA (Federation Internationale Vehicules Anciens).

Ramani has held several Senior Management positions in large Private sector entities and has undertaken key roles in the local and international negotiations for securing and developing business opportunities in Sri Lanka Industry.

She is a Past Student of Bishop’s College Colombo and graduated from the Singapore Management University obtaining an Executive Diploma in Directorship.

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