Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank (HDFC) has appointed Dr. R. H. Meewakkala as the Chairman of the Bank, with effect from October 1, 2018.
Dr. Meewakkala was appointed as a Board Member of the HDFC Bank in June 2015, and continued as an non-executive Independent Director, until his subsequent appointment as the Chairman.
Dr. Meewakkala is a professional marketer, has a PG Dip from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, an MSc in International Marketing from the University of Stratchclyde along with a Phd from the University of Honalulu.
His career in the marketing profession spans 25 years of which 19 years were at the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC), where he was the Marketing Director and also sat on the Executive Committee of the company. His international experience covers a 3 years stint working as the Head of Brand Marketing, for British American Tobacco, Cambodia and Laos. He was also a member of the South Asia Marketing Leadership team for British American Tobacco. Ile left the Ceylon Tobacco Company in September 2015, and in October 2015 was appointed CEO of Lanka Sathosa by the Minister of Industry and Commerce to manage the biggest retail operation run by the Government, which has stores island wide.
He left Lanka Sathosa in November 2016 and started his own marketing consultancy company. He was appointed, as Chairman of State Development and Construction Corporation an institution under the Ministry of Housing and Construction.
He is also a non executive Director at Ceylon Beverage Holdings and Ceylon Brewery Ltd from October 1, 2017.
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