Vish Govindasamy

Mr. Vish Govindasamy holds an MBA and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hartford, USA. With over 26 years at its helm, Mr. Govindasamy is the Group Managing Director of Sunshine Holdings PLC, a diversified conglomerate which is today one of Sri Lanka’s top 50 listed companies. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Certified Professional Managers of Sri Lanka and is the immediate past Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and the Employers Federation of Ceylon.

Before his current position at Sunshine Holdings, Mr. Govindasamy was the Chief Executive Officer of the Watawala Plantations, a diversified plantation management company in partnership with TATA India. At Watawala, he is largely credited with having played an instrumental role in successfully transforming a Government owned plantation company after privatization into the highest capitalized regional plantation company to be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. He also is credited with creating the Brands Zesta, Watawala & Rankhata which are the leading tea brands in Sri Lanka today. The House of Tata’s of India has placed Mr. Govindasamy in many of their corporate Boards in Sri Lanka.