Gestetner of Ceylon PLC announced that the appointment of Mr. Muhammed Hamza Muhammed, non executive independent director, as the group chief executive officer of the company with effect from September 2, 2020 pursuant to which appointment he will be an executive director. Mr. Hamza has a career spanning 30 years with Nestle. During this period he has held several senior marking, sales and general management positions across Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Indonesia. He also functioned as the CEO/director at Atlas Axillia Co Ltd. from 2013 to 2018, the market leader in school and office stationery products in Sri Lanka. During his give year tenure at Atlas he was instrumental in transforming Atlas into a dynamic organization. From July 2018 to October 2019 he served as Chairman of the Sri Lanka handicrafts board -LAKSALA.