Our Team

 

Director’s profiles

 

Chandima Gunawardena
(director of management company and its parent company)
Chandima is a Director of Carson Cumberbatch PLC. He serves as a Director of the majority of the Carson Cumberbatch Group’s companies in Sri Lanka and overseas. He is a member of the Group’s Strategic Planning Forum. He also serves as a member of the Audit Committee of the Group, in Sri Lanka and overseas. Chandima has over 30 years’ experience in a variety of business and commercial fields and has held senior positions in the corporate sector. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).

 

Adrian John Reginald Collins
(independent director)
Adrian is a Director of The Sri Lanka Fund, NuwaraEliya (Holdings) Plc. and the NuwaraEliya Tea Estate Company Ltd. He is a Director of Strand Partners Limited, a corporate finance business based in London and he serves on the boards of City Natural Resources High Yield Trust Plc., Raven Russia Limited, Windsor Plc and a number of other companies. Adrian has over 30 years’ experience in fund management and he has served as Managing Director of Gartmore Investment Management and as a director and advisor to several leading investment management businesses in the UK.

 

Ruvini Fernando
(Director of the Management Company)
Ruvini is a Director of The Sri Lanka Fund and the CEO of the fund management company which manages the Sri Lanka Fund . She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK. She has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. She has over 20 years’ experience in management accounting, finance, research analysis, strategic planning and investments. She was a former visiting faculty member of the MBA programme of the Postgraduate Institute of Management. She was a Member of the Regaining Sri Lanka Tourism Steering Committee, a key government policy making forum from January 2002 to January 2004. She also represents the Carsons Group investment companies on the Board of Durdans Medical & Surgical Hospital a leading private healthcare provider in Sri Lanka .

 

Investment Team of Guardian Fund Management

 

Ruvini Fernando
(See above)

 

Niloo Jayatilake
Niloo is the Portfolio Manager of Guardian Fund Management Ltd. She has over 17 years’ experience in investment management. Prior to joining the Carson Cumberbatch Group she worked as a fund manager at The Unit Trust Management Company Limited (managers of the largest unit trust in Sri Lanka). She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (UK).

 

Management Team of Carsons Management Services Limited

 

Ajith Weeratunge
Director of the Carson Cumberbatch Group’s Management Company, Carsons Management Services (Private) Limited. He is also a Director of the Property Development companies of the Group, including Carsons Real Estate Management Services (Private) Limited. He is also a Director of Ceylon Investment PLC, Equity Two PLC and Equity Seven Limited. Accounts for nearly 30 years of finance related experience in the mercantile sector and has held positions in Lanka Walltile Ltd, Union Apparels (Pvt) Ltd, John Keells Holdings PLC, Phoenix Industries (Pvt) Ltd and Ceylon Brewery PLC. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK.

 

Vibath Wijesinghe

Vibath is the Financial Controller of Carsons Management Services Limited the support service provider to the Carson Cumberbatch Group. He began his career at M/s. KPMG Ford Rhodes, Thornton & Company. He joined the Carson Cumberbatch Group in 2004 as the Sector Accountant for its Real Estate, Leisure and Investment divisions. Vibath is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and of the Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He also holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

 

Tharinda Jayawardana

Tharinda is the Head of Research of Guardian Fund Management Ltd. He has over 5 years experience in investment research. Prior to joining the Carson Cumberbatch Group he worked as a financial analyst at JB Securities (PVT) Ltd.. He is a CFA Charter Holder and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He also has a first class B.Sc (Hons) in Finance from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

 

 

Guardian Fund Management – Establishing the Credentials

 

 

Manager’s Track Record