Mr. Osman Kassim, the visionary and one of the main promoters of Amana Group of Companies, is the Chairman of Amana Bank PLC, Sri Lanka’s first and only licensed commercial bank to conduct all its operations under the principles of Islamic banking. Mr. Kassim, a well-versed personality in Islamic banking and finance, was instrumental in introducing Islamic finance to Sri Lanka with the setting up of Amana Investments in 1997, whose assets and liabilities were later transferred to Amana Bank PLC in 2011. He has expanded his directorships in Islamic Finance companies overseas as well, where he is a director at Amana Takaful Maldives & the Maldives Islamic Bank.

With over 40 years of senior management experience, Mr. Kassim was also the founder Chairman of the well-established Expolanka Group of Companies which is engaged in diverse business activities. He is the Chairman of Vidullanka PLC, a leading provider of renewable energy to the National Grid and he is also the Chairman of Aberdeen Holdings (Private) Limited. He also sits on the board of Ex-Pack Corrugated Cartons (Private) Limited.

He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate from the Staffordshire University in recognition of his achievements as both a global entrepreneur and visionary educationalist.

Mr. Hassan Kassim was appointed to the Board on 07th March 2016. He is the Director/ Chief Operating Officer at Aberdeen Holdings (Private) Limited and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Expo Commodities DMCC Dubai. He has also served as Head of International Trading at Lanka Commodity Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. and Head of Corporate Communications and CSR at Expolanka Holdings PLC. .

He holds a BA (Hons.) Degree in Management Studies from the University of Nottingham, UK. Mr Hassan Kassim also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Bio Extracts (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Commodity Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., Expoceylon Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd, Expo Commodities Global (Pvt) Ltd, Kolonnawa Property Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Ruhunu Farms (Pvt) Ltd and Roar Digital (Pvt) Ltd.

Dr. A A M Haroon was appointed as a Director on 21st September 2000.He is a Medical Practitioner by Profession. He also holds the chairmanship of several private companies, encompassing different industries including Garments, Healthcare and Clinical Diagnostics.

Mr. Rizwan Nayeem was appointed to the Board on 7th March 2016. He is currently an Executive Director at the Nortonbridge Capital (Pvt) Ltd. He has had an extensive career in investment research, corporate finance and management consultancy in Sri Lanka, Middle East and United Kingdom. Mr. Rizwan has had well-acclaimed research-based publications in the insurance sector and luxury goods in Sri Lanka and United Kingdom. He is also an accomplished entrepreneur having successfully launched vibrant enterprises including the Nortonbridge Capital and Orofini Jewellery. .

Mr. Rizwan has an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom and he has successfully completed the programme on Advanced Corporate Financial Strategies at the Kellogg School of Management, Illinois, USA. Mr. Rizwan is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA – UK), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA – UK) and Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM – UK).

An Industry stalwart with over 29 years’ experience.Seasoned CEO with an industry leading company in Pakistan, expert at leading cross-functional teams, managing result-oriented departments, ensuring corporate governance. He holds multiple Board Member position(s) with reputed companies and leverages management and visionary leadership expertise for driving long-term strategies aimed at excelling companies’ top-line and bottom-line. He is serving as an independent non-executive director of Amana Takaful PLC. Alongside his several accolades, he is an MBA & a Certified Director.

M Zulficar Ghouse, A Fellow Member of the Chartered Accountant — Sri Lanka and trained at KPMG and also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. Since 2009, functioning as the Executive Director of Expack Corrugated Carton Limited, a leading Corrugated Carton Manufacturer. The Company has a turnover exceeding Rs 3.5 Billion Rupees and with a staff strength of 300 employees. Expack is a fully owned subsidiary of the Aberdeen Group. Expack had the distinction of being awarded theWRAP Gold Certificate in 2013 and the 1st Corrugation Manufacturer to obtain 9001-2008 ISO Certification in 2012. Expack has also has won several prestigious awards such as the Top 10 award at the CNCI Achievers Award in 2012 and the Most Outstanding Exporter Award — Support Services Sector in 2010 & 2011, the NCE Gold Award in the Extra-Large category several times and the Business Excellence Award and also the Presidential Merit Award in 2008. In 2014 and 2015 they have won Gold awards at the Lanka Star Awards for innovative packaging solutions. They expanded their operation in 2007 by acquiring a 4 acre land in the industrial zone, with the inclusion of state of the art fully automated machinery, which resulted in larger market share amongst the large exporters.

The current portfolio of customers includes the following segment, FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Food Manufacturers & Exporters of Tea Exporters, Garments & Accessories, Fruits and Vegetables, Bicycle Manufacturers, Sea food to name a few.

Previously was employed as Director/CEO of Asiabike Industrial Limited, a BOI approved company is the pioneer in the manufacture of bicycles in Sri Lanka. Presently it is the only company in Sri Lanka manufacturing and exporting more than 350,000 bikes per year to European Union Countries. The company is 100 percent Sri Lankan owned and was incorporated in 1994.. Asia bike were awarded the Presidential Award for Export Excellence in 2006, Gold Award in 2007 and the Bronze Award in 2006 in the Industrial Extra-Large Category by the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka.

Zulficar has extensive experience in private sector organizations local and overseas. His previous appointments were as Director /CEO of Colombo Land & Development Co Limited, a company listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange and prior to that he was Managing Director of iOM Lanka (Pvt) Limited and as Country Manager of iOM Philippines In which was subsidiary of Royal Clicks Limited, a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. He was also employed as Group Financial Controller of the Expolanka Group.

Was Independent Director at Vidullanka from 2007 to January 2019. Vidul Lanka Plc a company listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange, Muvumbe Hydro ( Uganda ) Limited, Norfolk Foods Pvt Ltd, Vidul Engineering Pvt Ltd, Gurugoda Hydro Pvt Limited, Muvumbe Hydro (Uganda) Limited & Lower Kotmale Oya Hydro Pvt Ltd.