Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC named its new Board of Directors today (04 March) effective 03 March 2015.

Dr. Sarath Paranavitane is an independent non-executive Director and the Chairman while Damien Fernando, Prof. Dilani Lokuhetty and Dr. Rohan L. Wijesunderea are an independent non-executive Directors.

Dr. Sarath Paranavitane is a Specialist in Family Medicine and practicing in Nugegoda. He graduated from the University of Peradeniya with Second Class Upper Honours. He also holds a MD in Family Medicine, Diploma in Child Health and Diploma in Family Medicine from the University of Colombo. In addition, he has gained a Merit Grade Pass at the MBA Degree Examination conducted by the Manipal University of India specializing in Healthcare services and also holds an MBA with Distinction from the Cardiff Metropolitan University in UK.

Dr. Sarath Paranavitane is the first and only Board Certified specialist family physician in Sri Lanka to hold a two MBA degrees.

He is also Chairman and Medical Director of Central Medical Centre (Private) Limited which is a family owned business providing primary care.

Damien Fernando, MBA, FCMA (UK) is currently a Non-Executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC. He was the Non-Executive Director of Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC from 2006 to 2009. He has also held several Board positions in listed and non-listed companies in Sri Lanka.

Having qualified as an Accountant in 1984, he was awarded a Masters Degree in Business Management in 1992 by the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Prof. Dilani Lokuhetty MBBS, Pg CertMedED, Dip Path, MD Path (Histopath), MIAC is a Professor in Pathology and Consultant Pathologist, Depart of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

She is a highly experienced researcher, staff trainer, administrator and has a special interest in common cancers affecting women.