Amal Cabraal appointed as ...

Business leader Amal Cabraal has been appointed as Nonexecutive Chairman of Silvermill Investment Holdings (Private) Ltd, effective April 1, 2019.

He has been serving as an Independent Non-executive Director since 2015.

He replaces Dr. Roland Silva, who retired on March 31, 2019, having counted 14 years of distinguished service as Chairman.

Cabraal is presently Chairman of Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC, Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC and CIC Feeds Group of Companies. He is a former Chairman and CEO of Unilever Sri Lanka and has over

three decades of business experience in general management, marketing and sales in Sri Lanka and overseas.

He is also a Non-executive Director of John Keells Holdings, Hatton National Bank and Sunshine Holdings and an advisor to a number of leading companies. He is a member of the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

He is also a committee member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Management Committee of the Mercantile Services Provident Society. A Chartered Marketer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing - UK, he holds an MBA from the University of Colombo and is an executive education alumnus of INSEADFRANCE.

Silvermill Group believes his expertise and experience will help guide the group on its journey to realise its vision ‘to be Sri Lanka’s most admired agribusiness group by partnering growers to provide sustainable innovative solutions to global brands’.

Silvermill Group was established in 1920, when its founder Anthony Silva set up his first desiccated coconut factory in Giriulla.

Today, at the cusp of celebrating its centenary, Silvermill is a leader in the manufacture and export of valueadded coconut products and continues to pioneer innovation in coconut and other agri-business sectors.

As testimony to its prowess, Silvermill Group enjoys a proud track record of partnering many worldrenowned international brands.