Gem and jewellery industry veteran Wasantha Chandrakumara Gunadasa has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of leading diamond exporter Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC.

He is replacing Mohan Ratwatte, who resigned on October 12.

Gunadasa has 23 years of experience in the industry, starting off as a Designer and Production Manager at Gem Craft in Galle handling 167 skilled workers, prior to starting his own workshop with 10 craftsmen in 1996.

In 2010, he was appointed as the CEO of Naturally Gems (Pvt.) Ltd and went on to be the Managing Director of Suearfeet (Pvt.) Ltd in 2013.