Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC announced retirement of Suresh Kumar Shah as Chief Executive Officer of Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC on June 30, 2021. The company also announced that the current Chief Executive Officer-Designate Mr. Rajiv Herath Meewakkala will succeed Mr. Suresh Kumar Shah on July 1, 2021 as the Chief Executive Officer of Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC. Mr. Rajiv Herath Meewakkala will continue to function in the capacity of an Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Rajiv Meewakkala is a marketer by profession and was previously Marketing Director at Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC. He holds a PhD in Organizational Management from the University of Honalulu, MSc in International Marketing from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and brings 24 years of senior executive experience to his role as the new Chief Executive Officer.