Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has appointed Sagarika Delgoda, who for sometime was the Sri Lankan permanent representative for the German aided Friedrich Naumann Foundation, as Chairperson of Hotel Developers (Lanka) PLC which owns The Colombo Hilton.

The earlier Chairman of Hotel Developers (Lanka) PLC was Tirukumar Nadeson.

Sagarika Delgoda was a member of the Consumer Affairs Authority when Ravi Karunanayake was earlier the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.