Brian Angunawela steps down as Chairman EDB

Chartered Accountant and Management Consultant Brian Angunawela relinquished duties as Chairman EDB from August 31. Mr. Angunawela was appointed to the post in the year 2005. During the past three and a half years he served for two Cabinet Ministers.Coming from the private sector Mr. Angunawela was instrumental in re-organizing the Mushroom Development and Training Centre a project under the purview of the EDB into a profit making venture.
Under his leadership the EDB was able to resurrect and commence operations in the Uva Paranagama Export Production Village and the Tissamaharama Export Processing Village.

During his tenure of office the EDB launched several programmes in the provinces linking the rural producer with the exporter in Colombo thus creating avenues to open the flow of export revenue directly to the rural sector.

Fruits and Vegetables, Spices, Coir Products and Ornamental Fish were among the sectors promoted in Matara,Hambantota,Angunakolapelessa,Thambuttegama, Polonnaruwa,Tissamaharamaya,Kuliyapitiya Uva - Paranagama and Embilipitiya during this period.