Full Name
DR. Roshan Rajadurai
Job Title
Managing Director
Company
Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC
Speaker Bio
Roshan Rajadurai joined the Plantation Sector in 1983 and counts over 40 years of planting experience. In 2002 he joined Kahawatta Plantations of Dilmah as General Manager and was Director CEO from 2008 to 2012. He re-joined Hayleys in 2013 as Hayleys Group Management Committee Member for Plantations Sector and is responsible for Kelani Valley, Talawakelle and Horana Plantations.
He had been the Chairman of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon, Board Member of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Tea Research Institute, Rubber Research Board, Tea Small Holdings Development Authority and the Tea Council of Sri Lanka. He is the Chairman of Sustainability Group of Ceylon Tea Road Map 2030.
He holds a B.Sc. Honours in Plantation Management, an MBA and an M.Sc. In Agriculture and Plantation Crops from the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya. He has a Ph.D. in Management and a D.Sc. in Agriculture.
He had been the Chairman of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon, Board Member of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Tea Research Institute, Rubber Research Board, Tea Small Holdings Development Authority and the Tea Council of Sri Lanka. He is the Chairman of Sustainability Group of Ceylon Tea Road Map 2030.
He holds a B.Sc. Honours in Plantation Management, an MBA and an M.Sc. In Agriculture and Plantation Crops from the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya. He has a Ph.D. in Management and a D.Sc. in Agriculture.
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