Former Chairman of Sri Lanka Apparel, Ajith Dias, has been appointed as the new Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, sources said.

Dias was a Director of Brandix and was the former Chairman of the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), the Free Trade Zone Manufacturers Association (FTZMA), a member of the Textile Quota Board and a member of the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC).

He is also Chartered Textile Technologist and a Fellow of the Textile Institute of UK.
Ajith Dias replaces Nishantha Wickramasinghe, the brother-in-law of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.