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Myland makes three new Board appointments
Daily FT
|November 11, 2025
MYLAND Developments PLC has appointed Savanth Sebastian and Ravi Goonetilleke to its Board as Independent Non-Executive Directors and Dr. Kanchana Narangoda as an Executive Director.
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Sebastian has a wealth of experience in economics, financial services and investment management and presently serves as Chairman of Colombo City Holdings PLC and Director of Ambeon Capital PLC, Ambeon Holdings PLC, Voguetex Ltd. and ArpicoAtaraxia Asset Management. He also served on the Board of Directors of Nations Trust Bank PLC.
Sebastian brings with him 21 years of industry experience, having carried out responsibilities for nine years as the Senior Economist within the Global Markets research team at Commonwealth Bank in Australia, advising Federal and State Governments, high net worth private and institutional clients, and internal stake holders, including Colonial First State and the Commonwealth Bank senior leadership team.
Prior to this, he spent four years working in and then managing the International trading desk for Commonwealth Securities, the stock broking division of Commonwealth Bank, Australia which transacted across 31 international markets.
While in the role he was responsible for the facilitation of Strategic Trading Accounts, allowing CBA Treasury to manage risk and drive an alternative source of revenue.
This story is from the November 11, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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