Leadership

Mr. Priyanjith Weerasooria

Managing Director

Mr. Rajinda Priyanjith Weerasooria has extensive experience of more than 25 years in the Apparel, Manufacturing; Leisure industries.

Mr. Weerasooria is the Managing Director of Finco Holdings (Pvt) Limited and the Finco Group of Companies. Mr. Weerasooria is currently responsible for the overall coordination of Alpha Industries (Pvt) Limited (ALPHA) which is engaged in the manufacture of Security Equipment including Safes, Vault Doors and office Equipment and wood based office furniture undertaking interior fit-outs as well as home furniture. He is also overlooking the Service Sector Cluster consisting of Alpha Tours (Pvt) Limited (ATL) general sales agents for Korean Air, Alpha Travels & Holidays (Pvt) Limited, and Resources Development Consultants (Pvt) Limited (RDC) which is Sri Lanka’s pioneering Multi-Disciplinary consultancy firm engaged in feasibility studies and construction supervision in roads and Highways, Irrigation and Water Resources, Water supply and Sanitation. Power & Energy, Architecture & Civil Engineering. Agriculture & Fisheries, Finance and Management etc. The firm has undertaken and completed several projects in these sectors both locally and internationally and is registered with all international lending organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JAICA) Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFCD), Opec Fund for International Development (OFID).

Finco diversified its interest in apparel in 2011 after which, Mr. Priyanjith Weerasooria has lead the groups’ expansion into the travel and leisure industry as Managing Director of Uga Escapes Management ( Pvt) Ltd. He is responsible for the overall coordination of the Group’s Leisure Sector headed by Uga Escapes (Pvt) Ltd which owns and operates several up-market boutique hotels and Resorts located in Anuradhapura under the name Ulagalla Resorts which resort is recognized as a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Jungle Beach in Trincomalee, and Uga Bay in Passikuda which are beach resorts, Chena Huts which is a luxury boutique hotel in the South of Sri Lanka at Yala which is a wild life resort built in African style providing for 12 chalets, and a 11 suite boutique hotel in Park Street Colombo under Uga Residencies Mr. Weerasooria has overseen the development of the Uga Brand as one of Sri Lanka’s premier Boutique destinations.