Chairman
Mr. Hideaki Tanaka has been appointed as the Chairman of Colombo Dockyard PLC from the 26th March 2019. In addition to his present position as the Chairman of CDPLC, Mr. Tanaka has also been appointed as a Director of Dockyard General Engineering Services (Pvt) Limited, Dockyard Technical Services (Pvt) Ltd., and Ceylon Shipping Agencies (Pte) Limited, Singapore.
Vice Chairman
Former Consul General for Sri Lanka in Osaka, Japan. Appointed to CDPLC Board in June 1993. Present Chairman and Managing Director of AMANO & TIVOLI Group of Companies, President, Imperial Trading Corporation, Japan, Director of Central Industries PLC., and Ceylon Shipping Agency (Pte) Ltd., Singapore.
Managing Director/CEO
B.Sc Eng (UoM), MBA(PIM-USJ),C.Eng.FIE (SL), FRINA(UK)
Appointed to Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) Board on 19th of April 2023 as the Managing Director/CEO.
Before being appointed as the MD/CEO Mr. Godakumbura was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for one and a half years. He brings more than 22 years of experience in different capacities starting as a trainee engineer in the year 2000.
Director
Appointed to the CDPLC Board in 1995 Chairman, Mercantile Marine Management Ltd, Mercantile Emerald Shipping (Pvt) Ltd, Royali Power (Pvt) Ltd and Royali Agro (Pvt) Ltd. Director of Mercantile Shpping Company PLC and several other companies in the Mercantile Group.
Director
Appointed to CDPLC Board in March 2010, and is the President of Onomich Dockyard Co, Ltd Japan.
Director
Appointed to CDPLC Board in June 1993. and is the Proprietor of GANLATHS and Chairman of Ganlath’s Secretarial Services (Pvt) Ltd, Foreign Investment Facilitators (Pvt) Ltd., Migration Facilitators (Pvt) Ltd., He is also a Director of Electro Amp (Pvt) Ltd., and D G Plantations (Pvt) Ltd., Registered Australian Migration Agent.
Director
Mr. V.G.L.A Jayawardane is a professional Executive in the Information Technology, ERP and Project Management with 22 years of experience on business domains like Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Sales & Distributions, Capital Markets and Insurance. Currently serving as Chief Information Officer
Director
Mr. J. Furukawa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Hiroshima University, Japan. He has been employed Onomichi Dockyard Co., Ltd for 24 years since 1999 and has worked in the Management of Hull Block Construction section for 3 years, Management of Outfitting Fabrication section for 5 years, Technical Advisor at CDPLC for 2 years, Management of Hull Block fabrication at Mukaishima factory for 5 years, Management of Hull Erection section for 6 years and General Manager of Hull Department for 3 years up to this appointment.
Director
Mr. Nihal D Liyanage is the Additional Superintendent attached to the Employees’ Provident Fund Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He has also served to the Economic Research Department, Public Debt Department and Regional Development Department during his 22-year service in the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Director
B.Sc Engineering (Hons) (UoM), C.Eng.FIE (SL), FRINA(UK), MCPM(SL)
Appointed to the Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) board as an executive nominee director from the 19th of April 2023.
During his long tenure at Colombo Dockyard, he has served in many managerial positions in various divisions of the company and has contributed to over 140 Shipbuilding projects and many Heavy Engineering constructions directly. He was appointed as the Senior General Manager/ Chief Operating Officer in June 2016 before his retirement on 07/11/2016.
Alternate Director
Mr. Nozaki holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (2013).
Alternate Director
Chathura is a CFA Charter holder, an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and holds a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of London.
