Board of Directors
Sumal Joseph Sanjiva Perera
Chairman
Is the Founder and Chairman of the Access Group of Companies founded in 1989. He is also the Founder Chairman and a shareholder of Access Engineering. He continues to be the Chairman of all companies under the umbrella of the Access Group and Managing Director of Sathosa Motors PLC, a company that gained a public listing in 1993. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - UK. It is under his vision and leadership that the Access Group of Companies has grown to be a diversified and successful business enterprise, in a short span of over 2 decades.
Joseph Christopher Joshua
Managing Director
One of the founder Directors of the Access Group of Companies, he was instrumental in heading some of the most successful business units within the Group. A founder shareholder, he was the Joint Managing Director/CEO of the Company. It was under his leadership that Access Engineering achieved significant milestones in growth. He also functions as the Joint Managing Director of the Access Group since 1997. Companies under his purview include Access Realties (Private) Limited, Access Energy (Private) Limited, Access Natural Water (Private) Limited, Eco Friendly Power Developers (Private) Limited, and business units of Access International (Private) Limited. He is also a Director of Sathosa Motors PLC.
Dalpadoruge Anton Rohana Fernando
Executive Director/COOJoining the Access Group in 1998 as an Engineer based in the Engineering Division, he played a vital role in enabling the division to become a separate business entity, encompassing the name and persons of Access Engineering. Having held senior management positions in Access Engineering, he was appointed to the Board in 2002. In 2007, he was appointed as the Director/COO of Access Engineering. He holds a BSc Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Peradeniya and is a Corporate Member of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL). He is also a Director of Access International (Private) Limited, Sathosa Motors PLC and Eco Friendly Power Developers (Private) Limited.
Shevantha Harindra Sudharaka Mendis
Executive Director/Director - Business Development
Having held many executive and management positions within the Access Group, he has functioned within the Engineering Division since its inception. With the genesis of Access Engineering, he became a part of that unit and was appointed as Director- Business Development in 2002. He is also a Director of Access International (Private) Limited, Sathosa Motors PLC and SML Frontier Automotive (Private) Limited.
Saumaya Dharshana Munasinghe
Executive Director/Director - Business Development
He joined Access International (Private) Limited in 1996 and was promoted to the position of Assistant Manager in 1999. In 2001, he assumed duties as Manager - Special Projects in Access International (Private) Limited and was promoted as General Manager - Special Projects in 2004. He joined Access Engineering in 2006, and was appointed to the Board of Access Engineering as Director - Business Development. He is also a Director of Access International (Private) Limited, Sathosa Motors PLC and SML Frontier Automotive (Private) Limited.
Ranjan John Suriyakumar Gomez
Non-Executive Director
One of the founder Directors of the Access Group of Companies and has functioned as the Joint Managing Director of the Group since 1997. Companies under his purview include ATSL International (Private) Limited, ATSL Telesoft (Private) Limited, Access Energy Solutions (Private) Limited, Think Cube Systems (Private) Limited, Science Land Information Technology (Private) Limited, e-buy (Private) Limited, and business units of Access International (Private) Limited. He is also a Director of Sathosa Motors PLC.
Prof. Kulatilleke Arthanayake Malik Kumar Ranasinghe
Independent Non-Executive Director
A member of the Access Engineering Board since 2011, he is a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Moratuwa, a Chartered Engineer and International Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka and Fellow of the Institute of Project Managers. A past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa, he functions as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC and Textured Jersey Lanka PLC. He is a former Fellow of The National University of Singapore and has been a Non-Executive Director of the Colombo Stock Exchange, Lanka IOC PLC and Hemas Power PLC.
Alexis Indrajit Lovell
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Access Engineering Board in 2011, he counts over 30 years experience in Finance and Investment Banking. Currently, he also functions as the Chairman of Union Bank of Colombo PLC, a position he has held since May 2012, into which he was appointed as Non-Executive Director in 2007. A Chartered Management Accountant, UK with a Postgraduate Degree in Business Administration, he was awarded the MBE (Most Distinguished Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen of England for his services to Investment Banking. He is also a Director of Sathosa Motors PLC.
Niroshan Dakshina Gunaratne
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Access Engineering Board in 2011, he is also the Finance Director of ASCOT Holdings PLC, an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He possesses over eighteen years of experience in the field of finance and accounting and has been at MB Financial Services (Private) Limted, a primary dealer appointed by the CBSL and Jewelknit, a subsidiary of Mast Industries USA.
Mr. Suresh Dilhan Perera
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Dilhan Perera is the Chief Financial Officer at Access Group of Companies and he has been involved with the Access Group since its inception in that capacity.