The Ceylon Motor Traders Association (CMTA) celebrated its 99^th year recently.

Affiliated to the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the CMTA the most senior automotive trade association in the region.

The CMTA represents all major international automotive manufacturers, through their agents. The members of the CMTA collectively employs and trains thousands of Sri Lankan citizens. They bring in international best practices in engineering and management, making the pool that are trained, employable internationally.

In 2019, the Association is looking to develop a policy document, detailing a Future Mobility plan for Sri Lanka. The CMTA is looking to work with international applied research agencies, and international donors to create this document. Once created, the association will work closely with the Government towards the implementation of the recommended policy.

The Ceylon Motor Traders Association is widely accepted as the voice of the Sri Lankan Automotive Industry.

The Executive Committee of the CMTA is as below;

Chairman                                Mr. Sheran Fernando, SML Frontier Automotive (Pvt) Ltd

Senior Vice Chairman             Mr. Yasendra Amerasinghe, CarMart (Pvt) Ltd

Vice Chairman                                    Mr. Niranga Pieris, Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd

Immediate Past Chairman      Mr. Reeza Rauf, Senok Trade Combine (Pvt) Ltd

Committee Members:

Associated Motorways (Pvt) Ltd

David Pieris Motor Co Ltd

Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC

Drive-One (Pvt) Ltd

Kia Motors Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

McLarens Lubricants (Pvt) Ltd

Sathosa Motors PLC

Stafford Motor Co Ltd

The Autodrome PLC

Toyota Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

CMTA Ex-Co Members 2018/19

Seated Left to Right:

M/s Reeza Rauf, Immediate Past Chairman (Senok Trade Combine (Pvt) Ltd); Yasendra Amerasinghe, Senior Vice Chairman (CarMart (Pvt) Ltd); Sheran Fernando, Chairman, (SML Frontier Automotive (Pvt) Ltd); Gahanath Pandithage, Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC; Rohan Casiechetty, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, and Niranga Pieris, Vice Chairman, (Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd)

Standing Left to Right

M/s Nihal Silva (David Peries Motor Co (Pvt) Ltd); Charaka Perera (Stafford Motor Co Ltd); Mano Atukorala, (Toyota Lanka (Pvt) Ltd); Gihan Pilapitiya, (United Motors Lanka PLC); Tilak Gunasekera (Sathosa Motors PLC); Anushka Polonowita (Drive-One (Pvt) Ltd); Bri Ponnambalam, (McLarens Lubricants (Pvt) Ltd); Virann de Zoysa, Associated Motorways (Pvt) Ltd); Rajeev Aloysius (The Autodrome PLC); and Andrew Perera (Kia Motors Lanka (Pvt) Ltd)