Harith Jayasuriya appointed Acme Printing & Packaging CEO

Leading flexible packaging manufacturing company Acme Printing and Packaging PLC recently announced the appointment of Harith Jayasuriya as its Director/CEO. 

In addition, Harith is expected to lead the company’s fully owned subsidiary Acme Packaging Solutions (Pvt) Ltd in the same capacity and steer the entire Group into the next tier of growth.

“We are pleased to have Harith at the helm of Acme Printing and Packaging PLC”, said A. Hettiarachchy, Executive Chairman, Acme Printing and Packaging PLC. Acme is now ready to accept new technologies and innovate new products in keeping with the paradigm shift that is taking place within the global packaging industry,” he added.
With over two decades of business acumen, marketing experience and sales expertise across multiple industries such as freight &logistics, travel & tourism, shipping &aviation, strategic planning, marketing,

sales, general management and consultancy, Harith comes from an illustrious career background, having worked for some of the largest organisations. 

Prior to his appointment at Acme Printing and Packaging PLC, hewas the Group Director/Chief Marketing Officer of MAC Holdings (Pvt) Ltd and the Chief Executive Officer of MAC Travels (Pvt) Ltd before being appointed to the board. He has also served Marine & Air Consolidations (Pvt) Ltd and Coats Thread Lanka (Pvt) Ltd in various capacities. 

A fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK (FCIM-UK), Harith holds a Master’s in Business Administration from University of Wales – Cardiff and an Advance Certificate in Executive Management from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Sri Lanka. 

Incorporated in 1949 as an Aluminum foil with the purpose of providing packaging material for the tea industry of Sri Lanka, Acme Printing and Packaging PLC has grown leaps and bounds with the capability of supplying printed flexible packing material using Roto Gravure and Flexo Graphic printing technologies for various forms of laminates with foil, film and paper. 

Acme Printing and Packing PLC is a subsidiary of Lankem Ceylon PLC. The other members of the Board of Directors are A. Hettiarachchy, S.D.R Arudpragasam, R. Seevaratnam, A Rajaratnam, J. M. Swaminathan, A Sirimane, P S Goonewardene, G K B Dasanayake and A.C.S. Jayaranjan.