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Board of Directors
YSHAN FERNANDO – Managing Director
Auctioneer/Broker, Tea Taster and Valuer. 32 years experience in the Tea Trade.
Commenced career at Messrs Eastern Brokers (Pvt) Ltd in December 1981 as a trainee in tea and coconut brokering. He served as Director Tea of Eastern Brokers (Pvt) Ltd for a period of 7 years prior to joining Forbes & Walker Ltd in August 1998. He was appointed a Director of Forbes & Walker Ltd and Managing Director of Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers (Pvt) Ltd. on 1st April, 1999.
During his career he has held appointments as Chairman, Colombo Brokers Association, Panel Member, Sri Lanka Tea Board and Panel of Surveyors, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
SHARADA SOSA – Director Finance
SAMAN MUNASINGHE - Director
Director, Estate Manager, Visiting Agent, Manufacturing Advisor. 45 years of experience in the Tea Trade.
DHANUKA JAYASURIYA – Director
Auctioneer/Broker, Tea Taster and Valuer. 20 years experience in the tea trade.
Commenced employment as a Management Trainee at Forbes & Walker Commodity Brokers, brokering rubber and produce. Joined Bartleet & Co as a Tea Broker and was promoted as Assistant Manager in October 1999. Joined Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers as a Manager in July 2006 and was promoted as a Senior Manager in 2017. Promoted to the post of Director in December 2020. Holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK, and is a Chartered Marketer and a Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing. Holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Birmingham City. During his career he has served as the Tea Convener and a panel member of the Sri Lanka Tea Board.
EASHAN PERERA – Director
Auctioneer/Broker, Tea Taster, Valuer and Marketer. 22 years experience in the tea trade.
Commenced employment as a Management Trainee at Asia Siyaka Commodities (Pvt) Ltd in 2002 and after successful completion of training, was confirmed as an Executive in 2004. Was promoted to Asst. Manager in 2012 and to Manager in 2015. Worked as a freelance TV presenter for Rupavahini/Channel Eye from 2011 to 2020. Joined Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC as Deputy General Manager Marketing in January 2020 and was promoted to General Manager in 2022. Joined Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers as a Director in February 2025. Holds a Certificate in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Birmingham City. During his career he has served as a member of the Sri Lanka Tea Board Tea Tasting panel for other origin teas and Auction teas, member of the Steering committee of the e-Auction as well as the Governance Committee. He serves as a visiting lecturer at the National Institute of Plantations Management.
About F&W
Forbes & Walker was set up in 1881 as a partnership between James Forbes and Chapmen Walker. Although there is no actual record of the date on which it was established the very first cash book, still in the possession of the Finance Director, indicates the brokerages were earned from 1st August 1881. In Sir Thomas Villiers' book “Mercantile Lore” the date of establishment of Forbes & Walker has been put down Read More...