Ravi takes over as Maliban Group CEO
Ravi Jayawardena has been appointed as a Group Chief Executive Officer of Maliban Group which comprises Maliban Biscuits Pvt Ltd, Maliban Milk Pvt Ltd and Maliban Agro Ltd with immediate effect.
Previously he worked as a CEO ( Sales & Marketing) for about eight years in the company. Mr. Jayawardena was one of the key members in the senior strategic management team which transformed the Maliban business to a US$ 200 million entity from $ 60 million per annum, in five years.
He also served previously as the Country Head of Sales at Coca Cola Sri Lanka. Mr. Jayawardena started his professional carrier at Unilever Sri Lanka Ltd where he held several senior management positions in Sales and Marketing. He is the only Sri Lankan in the Glendenning Consultancy Group- ( UK) and has conducted training in Malaysia ( for the regional Unilever programme), India ( British Petroleum on value selling) and Bangladesh ( Unilever Modern Trade team).