Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC announced appointment of Stasshani Jayawardena as Board Director. Jayawardena serves on the board of Aitken Spence and heads the tourism sector of Aitken Spence PLC, inclusive of hotels, destination management and overseas travel. With a career spanning over a decade at Aitken Spence, Jayawardena is a new generation leader that wields a fresh perspective in management and leads strategic business units across the group.

She leads several key strategic teams as Chairperson of Aitken Spence Hotel Managements and serves on the boards of Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings, Stassen Group, Lanka Milk Foods (CWE), Aitken Spence Aviation and Western Power Company. The board of directors of DCSL comprises Deshamanya Harry Jayawardena (Chairman and Managing Director), Capt. K.J. Kahanda (Joint Managing Director), Royle Jansz, N. De S. Aditya, Hasitha Jayawardena, Dr. A.N. Balasooriya, Ranjeevan Seevarathnam and Stasshani Jayawardena.