FOUNDERS PROFILE
W K Sonnie Gunarathne
Managing Director
Mr. Gunarathne is a successful entrepreneur who is well known in Gampaha and also an honored senior citizen. Mr. Gunarathne has served as a staff officer in the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for gaining 38 years of immense experience in Financial Institutions. While working in the bank, Mr. Gunarathne has initiated many successful enterprises.
Batik Printing is the first enterprise Mr. Gunarathne founded which is manufacturing batik clothes for Laksala. Then the "Sampath Batik" was found to serve the export market of Batik items. Gampaha Batik Centre was initiated as the retail shop to directly sell the batik garments, which is still a known place among Gampaha people to find fancy items.
Also, diversifying his business focuses into transportation service. Mr. Gunarathne started a school transportation service covering ten central Colombo Schools. Expanding the transportation business, he also hired vehicles to Ceylon Tours, staff transportation service for HSBC from 2000 to 2007, and vehicles to Sri Lankan Airlines Catering for five years.
Mr. Gunarathne is currently enjoying his retirement and still serves his best as Justice of Peace. Also, he is presently holding many honored offices in committees and unions. He serves as an accountant of the Central Bank-Pension Association and an active Central Bank Voluntary Retirement Scheme member. Executive Committee member of Treasury of Gampaha Trade Association 2016 to 2018. Vice Secretary of Vocation and Trade Foundation- Gampaha. Vise Treasurer of Welfare Society.
Mahesh Gunarathne
Chief Technical Advisor
Dr. Mahesh is the Core Founder of APT Holdings and a Ph.D. holder in E-Learning Systems from National Central University, Taiwan. His expertise spans system analysis, software development, database design, network architecture, web application development, e-commerce, e-marketing, project management, e-learning, social data mining, information extraction, clustering, classification, and AI-driven recommendation techniques. Dr. Mahesh has published over 20 academic papers and has led several technical programs, workshops, and professional training sessions in his specialized fields.
W K Dinesh Gunarathne
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Gunarathne is an Old Boy of Mahanama College and has worked in Vanik Incorporation PLC. Following his father's steps, Mr. Gunarathne as an entrepreneur, also started exporting vehicles from Japan from 2002 to 2006 while he was in Japan. Continuing his father's legacy, Mr. Gunarathne now the Director/ owner of the Gampaha Batik Centre, the place to buy branded handbags, quality cosmetics, and fancy items for special occasions.
R M G K Bandara
Senior Manager of Business Operations & Administration
Mrs Kavithri has 16 years of experience in HR, operations, and project management. With an MBA from the University of Southern Queensland, she excels in strategy optimization, organizational growth, and operational efficiency. Her previous role as HR Development Manager at the Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation enhanced her HR strategy and compliance skills, while her early career at the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society provided project management and risk mitigation experience.