Managing Director – Ceylon Oxygen Ltd

Shiranthi is a Finance Professional and counts for over 29 years of experience in the field of Finance and Management. She holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (Special) from the University of Colombo and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) UK. She obtained her Master’s in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayawardanapura in 2012.

Shiranthi started her career at John Keells Holdings as a Management Trainee in 1996 and was promoted as an Accountant later. After a tenure of 6 years at the John Keells Group, she joined Ceylon Oxygen Ltd (a fully owned subsidiary of the Linde Group, global market leader in Gases and Engineering solutions), as Manager Finance. At Ceylon Oxygen Ltd, she has been instrumental in coordinating 3 successful management buy-outs (all MNCs) since 2002 supporting the business in strategic decisions I growth and investments. Shiranthi was promoted as Managing Director of Ceylon Oxygen in August 2022, making her the first female Country Managing Director in Linde’s South Asian Regional countries.

She’s a passionate toastmaster and is a member of the CIMA Toastmasters Club since 2018 and has served the Executive Committee of CIMA Toastmasters club as the Vice President Membership in 2019 & 2020. Shiranthi has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Alumni of Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, since 2018 and has served in the capacities of Executive Committee member (2018/19), Treasurer (2019/20) and Vice President (2020/21 & 2021/22), President (2022/23) and Immediate Past President (2023/24). She’s a proud product of St Joseph’s Convent Nugegoda and Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo 04.