Nalin Wickremasinghe elected uncontested as MCA president

Nalin Wickremasinghe, a retired banker, now General Manager at Mode Group of Companies was elected uncontested as the 42nd President of the Mercantile Cricket Association at the 104th Annual General Meeting, held via Zoom platform from the MCA Legends Wing yesterday evening.

MCA which was formed by the British Expatriates in 1911 is one of the oldest Sports Associations in Sri Lanka.

Wickremasinghe, the 28th Sri Lankan to sit on the MCA throne, takes over from Rohana Dissanayake of David Pieris Group of Companies.

Last year’s chairman, Tournament Committee, Tarindra Kaluperuma from Stafford Motors Co. is the new General Secretary.

The Executive Committee for the period 2021/22

President: Nalin Wickremasinghe (Mode Group of Companies)

Vice Presidents: Mahesh de Alwis (Fairfirst Insurance Ltd.), Thushan Amarasuriya (Singer Sri Lanka PLC.), Sirosha Gunatillake (Trendex Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.)

General Secretary: Tarindra Kaluperuma (Stafford Motor Company (Pvt) Ltd.)

Asst. Secretary: Rohan Somawansa (D. Samson & Sons (Pvt) Ltd.)

Treasurer: Achintha Hewanayake (DFCC Bank PLC.)

Asst. Treasurer: Sanjaya Wijesinghe (First Choice (Pvt) Ltd.)

Six Firm Representatives: Duminda Pinto (Merchant Bank SL), P.K. Abeygunasekera (John Keells Holdings PLC.), Ajith Siyambalapitiya (MAS Unichela (Pvt) Ltd.), Sajith Attapattu (Asia Asset Finance PLC)., Hasitha Dassanayake (Citizens Development Business Finance PLC.), Lakmal de Silva (David Pieris Motor Company (Pvt) Ltd).