Ronnie was, till end December 2017, an Executive Director on the Board of John Keells Holdings PLC and was its Group Finance Director. He was also a Director in several Listed and Non-Listed Companies. Ronnie has, over 45 years of Finance and General Management experience with, more than 42 of them at Senior Management level, in Sri Lanka, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Immediately prior to joining John Keells, Ronnie was the Managing Director of Anglo American Corporation (Central Africa) Ltd, Lusaka, Zambia, the Zambia based subsidiary of Anglo American Plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. In this position, he served on the Boards of many Companies which were involved in a variety of activities ranging from Manufacturing, Brewing, Milling, Hoteliering to Real Estate Development and Financial Services.