Sunshine Holdings appoints Ruvini Fernando to board

Sunshine Holdings announced the appointment of Ruvini Fernando to the company’s board as an Independent Non-Executive Director, with effect from February 21, 2022. With the new appointment, the board of Sunshine Holdings will be comprised of 10 directors; seven of them are non-executive, independent directors.

Fernando is a consulting and capital markets professional with over 30 years of industry experience. She is presently employed at Pricewaterhouse Coopers Colombo as Director Capital Projects and Infrastructure and Deals Strategy, from where she handles advisory engagements related to capital raising, cross border investments, policy recommendations and large-scale projects.

Prior to her current position, Fernando held a number of leadership roles, including her tenure as Executive Director of Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust PLC and several of its group companies as well as Chief Executive Officer of Guardian Fund Management Limited, heading the investment business of Carson Cumberbatch PLC. Fernando was also employed within the Carsons group as Head of Corporate Planning and within the Hayleys group as a Management Accountant.  Fernando was a former visiting lecturer at the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, where she taught strategy and finance and has been a speaker, presenter and moderator at forums on capital markets and other topics of  business interest. She is a member of the National Agenda Committee on Finance and Capital at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

She holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK.