Melstacorp PLC announced the appointment of Cedric Royle Jansz as the company's Deputy Chairman, with effect from September 5, 2023. Prior to this appointment, Jansz was functioning as an Executive Director of the company. Jansz is a Director of Stassen Group, Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC, Lanka Milk Foods Group and Aitken Spence PLC.

He is Chairman of Melsta Hospitals Ragama (Pvt.) Ltd. and Melsta Hospitals Colombo North (Pvt.) Ltd. He has been Chairman of DFCC Bank and the Sri Lanka Shippers Council. Jansz holds a Diploma in Banking and Finance from London Metropolitan University, UK. He is a Chevening Scholar and an UN-ESCAP Certified Training Manager on Maritime Transport for Shippers.

Jansz specialises in the movement and finance of international trade and has many years of practical experience in these fields.