Meet our team at Gestetner of Ceylon PLC, a group committed to excellence in office automation. Each member brings expertise and dedication, ensuring seamless solutions for our clients. With a focus on innovation and customer satisfaction, our team strives to exceed expectations every day.
Mr. S J M Anzsar was appointed to the Board of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC on 07th January 1997 and as the Chairman on 12th December 1997. He is a Chartered Accountant with a career span of over forty years that included Partnership at an international professional firm; senior management roles at a UK based conglomerate specializing in Africa. Since the mid-nineties he has been engaged in the private equity sector focusing in Africa and Sri Lanka.
He currently serves on the Company Directorates of, Lanka IOC PLC, Lake House Printers & Publishers PLC. He is the President of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA), President Institute of Chartered Professional Managers of Sri Lanka (CPM), Past President of the Association of Management Development Institutes of South Asia (AMDISA), Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), Founder President of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT) and Past President of the Organization of Professionals Association of Sri Lanka (OPA). He was installed in the Hall of Fame of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka in 2013. In 2018 he was Awarded the Life Time Achievement Award by CMA Sri Lanka. Received the OPA National Apex Award for Professional Excellence in the Finance & Banking Sector in 2022.A proud receiver of the National Honours Sri Lanka Sikhamani conferred for distinguished services of a general nature awarded by the President of Sri Lanka in 2019.
Mr. B C U Perera was appointed to the Board of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC on 01st January 2014. Mr. B C U Perera has over thirty years of commercial experience in senior management capacity. He joined the John Keells Group in 1992 seconded to John Keells Office Automation (Pvt) Limited and held the positions of Sales & Marketing Manager, Director Sales & Marketing, Director / General Manager and became the CEO / Vice President – John Keells Holdings in the year 2000. In 2010 he moved from IT to take up a challenging career in the F & B Sector within the same group. Mr. B C U Perera was in charge of the beverage business where he held the position of Vice President John Keells Holdings / Head of Beverages until he resigned from the John Keels Group in December 2013. Ceylon Cold Stores a public quoted company which had operated for over one hundred forty years. After joining Gestetner of Ceylon PLC as its Managing Director in January 2014 he served until 5th January 2019 and stepped down from an operational role to continue serving the board as a non-executive Director.
Ms. S A J Goonetilleke was appointed to the Board of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC on 01st October 1997. Ms. Goonetilleke is a Fellow Member of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow Member of Chartered Institute of Management. Accountants (UK) and holds an MBA from Postgraduate Institute of Management – Sri Jayewardenapura. She started her career at Ernst & Young and then served in several companies such as Chemanex Ltd, GTE Directories (Pvt) Ltd and presently serves as a Director in Reditune Ceylon (Pvt) Ltd.
Keki Wadia (commonly known as Kris Wadia) was appointed as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 13th August 2019. He is a senior global executive with a proven track record of successful business launches, revenue growth, and corporate turnarounds at speed and scale. Kris has been a Partner at Accenture, the global technology consulting giant and President – Global Delivery Network at Quintiles, the world’s largest clinical trials outsourcer.
Mr. A R Rasiah was appointed as an alternate Director to Chairman, Mr. S J M Anzsar of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC from 13th August 2019. Mr. Rasiah is a Fellow Member of the Institute of chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and finalist of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from University of Ceylon. His illustrious career both in finance and commerce spans over thirty-five years. He started his career with Ernst and Young and later served at Mercantile Group of Companies and Almulla Group of Companies, Kuwait. Finally, he joined Nestle Lanka PLC as Director Finance in 1994 and was with the Group till his retirement in 2005. He was formerly, Chairman of Atlas Axillia (Pvt) Ltd, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors and Senior Director of Nations Trust Bank PLC. Mr. Rasiah currently functions as the Chairman of Hela Apparel Holdings PLC and as a Non-Executive Director of several public and private companies. A keen sportsman who has represented Sri Lanka at Table- Tennis.
Current Positions Chairman, Platinum Advisors Pte Ltd Deputy Chairman, Commercial Bank of Sri Lanka Director, Amana Takeful Life Pvt Ltd Director, Lanka Angel Network Pvt Ltd Director, H2O One Pte Ltd Sharhan Muhseen is a Senior Investment Banker with extensive experience in areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance and Capital Markets.
He has served in a senior board capacity working with company boards and senior leadership teams of Corporates across Asia to help drive their strategic agenda and roadmap. Sharhan previously worked in best-in class global investment banks, Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan in leading regional coverage roles. His most immediate previous role was as Managing Director, Head of Asia Insurance, Head of South-East Asia Financial Institutions Group, and Country Manager Sri Lanka at Credit Suisse based in Singapore in his Investment Banking career spanning over 20 years.
Sharhan has completed landmark mergers and capital raising transactions in excess of USD100 Billion. The Asia FIG sector team at Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse won the coveted “FIG Asia House of the Year” award and “Best Sri Lanka Investment Bank” award from the Asset magazine and Finance Asia Magazine for multiple years under his leadership. Sharhan is also credited with several leading research reports including reports on currency depreciation and budget deficit in his role as the lead economist at Jardine Flemming. Sharhan has also worked at Standard Chartered Bank in the corporate banking division where he started out as Management Trainee and at Rodman and Renshaw stock and commodities broker based in Chicago. Sharhan has experiences at the policy level, having worked as a Team Leader at the National Council for Economic Development (NCED) under the Ministry of Finance as well as a Director at the TAFREN the presidential task force for rebuilding the economy after the 2004 Tsunami. Sharhan holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Colombo, a Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) from Western Michigan University and has completed the Corporate Finance training with JPMorgan in New York.
Ms. Geethanjalee was appointed to the Board of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC on 28th October 2022. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting (Sp.) from University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Ms. Geethanjalee counts over eight years’ experience in senior management. She commenced her career at Renuka Hotels Group as Group Accountant following which she joined the Gestetner Group in 2011. After proficiently holding the positions of Group Accountant, Finance Manager & DGM Finance & Administration she, in addition to being a Director of Fintek Managed Solutions (Pvt) Ltd, is presently functionally titled GM Finance & Operations of the Gestetner Group.