Ceylon Motor Traders Association holds 101st AGM virtually

From left: CMTA Chairman Yasendra Amerasinghe, Senior Vice Chairman Charaka Perera and Vice Chairman Virann De Zoysa

The Ceylon Motor Trader’s Association (CMTA), one of the oldest automotive associations in South Asia, comprising companies that are the franchise holders of global automobile manufacturers, held its 101st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 30th.

The CMTA, with over 100 years of heritage, is the official trade body of Sri Lanka’s automotive industry and has over the years been a resilient force driving the industry forward through the decades.  zDuring the AGM, which was held virtually, Yasendra Amerasinghe, Director/CEO of Carmart (Pvt) Ltd was re-elected as the Chairman, Charaka Perera, Director/COO, Stafford Motor Co Ltd was elected as the Senior Vice Chairman and Virann De Zoysa, General Manager, Associated Motorways (Pvt) Ltd was elected as the 
Vice Chairman. 

Further, the following members were appointed to the Executive Committee for the year 2021/22; Bri Ponnambalam - Director, McLarens Lubricants (Pvt) Ltd, Reeza Rauf - Director Sales & Marketing, Senok Trade Combine Pvt Ltd, Manohara Atukorala - Managing Director/CEO, Toyota Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Gihan Pilapitiya - General Manager, United Motors Lanka PLC., Andrew Perera - Executive Director/COO of KIA Motors (Lanka) Ltd, Anushka Polonowita - COO of Drive One (Pvt) Ltd, Rajeev Aloysius - Joint Managing Director, The Autodrome PLC, Ravi Perera - CEO of Access Motors (Pvt) Ltd, Priyantha Perera - Executive Director, Sathosa Motors PLC, Lakmal De Silva - DGM of David Pieris Motor Co Ltd, Tharanga Goonewardena - Sales Director of Diesel & Motor Engineering Co PLC and TerankaCarim - CEO – Automobiles, IWS  Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.