Sri Lanka: Holcim Lanka has appointed Nirmala GihanWickremeratne as chairman and Premila Perera as director.

Wickremeratne has a long and distinguished career at one of Sri Lanka's most respected conglomerates, the Hayleys Group, where he served as managing director / CEO of Dipped Products Group and later as chairman and chief executive of the Hayleys Group. He is credited with the establishment of Dipped Products plc and its evolution into a world leader in its field. Wickremeratne was the founder chairman of the Sri Lanka Association of Manufacturers and Exporters of Rubber Products (SLAMERP) and has been a committee member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber's representative on the National Labour Advisory Council and president of the Sri Lanka-France Business Council. Following his retirement, he served as an independent non- executive director of a premier private sector bank.

Premila Perera, formerly partner and head of tax at KPMG in Sri Lanka, is a fellow of the institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. She has served as regional tax director of KPMG Asia Pacific in Singapore, a member of KPMG International's 'Firm of the Future' Task Force and on the faculty of the Tax Business School of KPMG International.