Our People

Eran was appointed to the Board in January 2024. His career at George Steuart & Co., spans 35 years, from having joined in 1989 as a trainee medical representative and risen through the ranks. Eran was appointed as an Executive Director of George Steuart Health in 2013, and became the Managing Director of the company in 2021. As the head of the Group's health vertical, he is charged with the ambitious task of driving GS Health to market leadership position through strategic expansions and diversification. Eran holds an MBA from the American University of Asia's campus affiliated to University of Houston, Clear Lake, Texas and is a founder member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Training and Development and a fellow member of Chartered Professional Managers (FCPM). A widely respected industry leader, Eran has been an active member of the Sri Lanka Chamber of Medical Devices Industry since inception, and served three years as president of the chamber.

Dinesh is a doctor, lawyer, disability advocate, and researcher. The first quadriplegic medical graduate in the state of Queensland, Australia, Dinesh’s incredible achievements battling spinal cord injury and advocating for those affected, have earned him a plethora of awards, including the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2019, the Henry Viscardi Achievement Award (becoming only the third Australian to win the award) and the title of Queensland Australian of the Year for 2021. Dinesh earned a Doctor of Medicine from Griffith University, and has completed an Advanced Clerkship in Radiology from Harvard University. He has a Bachelor of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the College of Law. In addition, he is a graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors. Dinesh currently works in the emergency department at the Gold Coast University Hospital, and is a researcher and senior lecturer at the Griffith University. His autobiography, Stronger, was published by Pan Macmillan in 2022.

Appointed to the George Steuart & Co., Board in 2023, Devaka is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom. During his illustrious career at Ernst and Young, which spanned four decades, functioned as the Deputy Managing Partner from 2016 to 2019 and served as a member of Ernst & Young's Management Committee from the time the Management Committee was established in 1998 until his retirement in 2019. Devaka was a senior Assurance and Talent Partner for thirty years and was instrumental in establishing the Ernst & Young Practice in the Republic of Maldives. He currently serves as the Chairman of United Motors PLC and its subsidiaries and is also the Managing Director of Management Systems (Pvt) Ltd and its subsidiaries. He is a Director of several companies including HVA Foods PLC and JAT Holdings PLC.

Dimantha, a veteran Banker, was appointed to the Board of George Steuart & Co., in February 2024. During a successful career of 34 years in the Banking industry, Dimantha has served as Transformational CEO of both National Development Bank PLC - NDB (2017 to 2024) and Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC ( 2014-2016) as well as holding key senior roles at the HSBC Group for 15 years including that of Chief Risk Officer for Sri Lanka and Maldives, Bangladesh and Thailand at country leadership level. He was a past Chairman of Sri Lanka Bank Association and Past President of Association of Professional Bankers - Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - FCMA (UK), CGMA and a Senior Fellow Member (SFIB) of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. He holds an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and a BSc from the same University. Dimantha successfully completed the High Potential Leadership Programme at the Harvard Business School in 2016.