LEGENDS OF BUSINESS
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SOUTHERN SUCCESS
P. G. Martin Nimalasiri P. G. Martin When the probability of independence loomed large, young men from the south of the island made their way to the capital in search…
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VISIONARY MASTER
Charles Nanayakkara Ceylon Carriers 1945: the second greatest conflict in modern history was winding down and nations were taking stock. Even the little island in the Indian Ocean – Ceylon…
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ANDROGYNOUS MINDSET
Rohini Nanayakkara Bank of Ceylon Perhaps one aspect of her career that Rohini Nanayakkara would least express is that she was ‘the first female executive’ or ‘the first woman chief…
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RIGHT EXEMPLAR
Deshamanya Sunil Mendis Hayleys There is something low-key and muted about Hayleys that is rather anachronistic in the brash bustle of today’s corporate milieu, which it owes to the personalities…
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WIT AND WHIMSY
Michael Mack Aitken Spence Michael Mack was drawn to the commercial sector from the young age of 21 years. He started as a trainee executive for what would later be…
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TRADESMAN TO A TEE
Adamjee Lukmanjee Adamjee Lukmanjee & Sons Adamjee Lukmanjee & Sons trace the arrival of their founder back to the mid-19th century on soil which at that time was called ‘Ceylon.’…
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INDUSTRIOUS INDUSTRIALIST
Deshamanya Dr. Nihal Jinasena Jinasena Group In his own words, Deshamanya Dr. Nihal Jinasena has described his life as “chequered.” It is an unusual and candid descriptor, and reveals his…
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THE DISCIPLINARIAN
Stanley Jayawardene Unilever Sri Lanka Stanley Jayawardene had no knowledge of or experience in sales when he joined Unilever Sri Lanka – then known as Lever Brothers (Ceylon) – in…
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FEISTY AND FORESIGHTED
Deshamanya N. U. Jayawardena Central Bank of Sri Lanka Deshamanya Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena, ‘NU’ to all, is best remembered as the first Sri Lankan Governor of the Central Bank of…
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THE PERFECTIONIST
Deshamanya A. S. Jayawardena Central Bank of Sri Lanka Aformer deputy governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka writes revealingly about his erstwhile superior as a “perfectionist to a…
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