Kelani Valley Plantations PLC is a Team of Dynamic Individuals With a Passion for Change Management and Depth in Their Respective Areas of Expertise
A M Pandithage
Chairman/Executive Director
Chairman and Chief Executive of Hayleys PLC. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK). Honorary Consul of United Mexican States (Mexico) to Sri Lanka. Committee Member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Council Member of the Employers - Federation of Ceylon. Member of the Maritime Advisory Council of the Ministry of Ports & Shipping. Member of the Advisory Council of the Ceylon Association of Ships Agents. Member of the National Steering Committee on Skills Sector Development of the Department of National Planning. Corporate Excellence Leadership Recognition by the Institute of Charted Accountants of Sri Lanka 2015.
Appointed to the Board of Kelani Valley Plantations PLC in July 2009
Roshan Rajadurai
Managing Director/Executive Director
Managing Director of Kelani Valley Plantations PLC and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC and a member of the Hayleys Group Management Committee. Appointed as Managing Director of Horana Plantations PLC and as a Director of Vallibel Plantations Management Limited effective March 2017. Prior to rejoining, served as Director/CEO of Kahawatta Plantations PLC. He held Senior Plantation Management positions in Kelani Valley Plantations PLC from 1993 to 2001....
Has a Diploma in Marketing (UK), National Diploma in Plantation Management (NIPM), BSc. In Plantation Management and an MBA from the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, Peradeniya. A Fellow Member of the National Institute of Plantation Management and Institute of Management, Sri Lanka. Former Chairman of the Planters - Association of Sri Lanka, Member of the Tea Board, Member of the Rubber Research Board. Currently a board member of the Tea Research Institute and Tea Small Holder Development Authority and a member of the Tea Council of Sri Lanka.
He was appointed to the Tea Advisory Boards on Manufacturing and Cultivation and Production of the Sri Lanka Quality Charter for Tea. The Chairman of the Consultative Committee on Estate and Advisory Services, Experiment and Extension Forum of the Tea Research Institute and is a Member of the Consultative Committee on Research of the TRI. Also a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Veterinary and Animal Sciences of the University Grant Commission as well as a Member of the Arbitration and Mediation Steering Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
Appointed to the Board of Kelani Valley Plantations PLC in January 2013
Senaka Alawattegama
Director / Chief Executive Officer - Kelani Valley Plantations PLC
Mr. Senaka Alawattegama brings over 40 years of experience in the plantation sector. An alumnus of Trinity College, Kandy, he began his career with the Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation and later joined Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC at its inception, where he was appointed Director/Chief Executive Officer in 2020.
He currently serves as Deputy Chairman of the Colombo Tea Traders Association and is a member of the Ceylon Tea Road Map 2030 Committee and the Committee of Management of the Estate Staffs' Provident Society. He is a Past Chairman of The Planters' Association of Ceylon and has previously served on the Boards of the Sri Lanka Tea Board and the Rubber Research Institute.
Mr. Alawattegama holds an MBA from the London Metropolitan University, UK, and is a Fellow of the National Institute of Plantation Management, Sri Lanka. He was appointed as Director/Chief Executive Officer of Kelani Valley Plantations PLC with effect from 1st August 2025.