General Manager - Finance & Administration
Mr Ravi Kodikara has over total 42 years’ experience in Finance, Accounting and Audit which includes practical training at KPMG – Maldives. He has over 10 years’ experience in Plantation Sector. He was In-charge of Finance of first ever privatised Plantation Kumarawatte/ Monaragala Estates under Edna Plantations in 1986
Further over 12 years at Forbes & Walker Ltd he has worked as an Accountant and has involved in Bought Leaf Tea Factory Management & Finance Operations.
He has worked in India as Director/General Manager Finance & Administration of DRH Logistics India (Pvt) Ltd for over 4 years and Managed – Tax Legal, Finance & Administration which has branches in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Calcutta.
He has been an employee of Melstacorp Group since 2008 and hold the following positions prior to appointing as General Manager – Finance & Administration of Balangoda Plantations PLC in 2018
Chief Financial Officer – Lanka Bell, Chief Financial Officer – Bellvantage (Pvt) Ltd, Chief Financial Officer – Melsta Logistics, Head of Finance – Splendor Media (Pvt) Ltd, Consultant – Continental Insurance Lanka Ltd
He is a Life Member of AAT & Finalist of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Passed Finalist of International Association of Book Keepers UK.
He holds an Associate Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors and Honourable Treasurer of Sri Lanka Olympiad Mathematics Foundation.