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Biography
Ajit Jayaratne is a former chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange, the Finance Commission of Sri Lanka and the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
Corporate experience
Deshabandhu Ajit Jayaratne is currently the Chairman of KIA Motors and a director of Singer Sri Lanka Ltd, Colombo Fort Land and Building PLC, Kotagala Plantations PLC, C.W. Mackie PLC and ACL Cables PLC. He is a former director of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, DFCC Bank, Associated Electrical Corporation Ltd, Delmege Forsyth Co., People's Bank and a former Chairman of Forbes and Walkers Ltd. and Apollo Hospitals.
Ajit Jayaratne recently launched Innovest Investments (Pvt) Ltd: a boutique investment management company.
Mr. Jayaratne is a graduate in Economics from the University of Southampton and a Chartered Accountant by profession. A former High Commissioner to Singapore, Mr Jayaratne is also a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, UK and Sri Lanka.