BOUMY LANKA - Key Persons

Mr D. Withana graduated in the field of agriculture from the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. Upon graduation, he was involved in a number of coco peat related research studies whilst working as a research officer at one of the leading research-oriented universities in the agricultural field of Sri Lanka; the University of Peradeniya. He then moved onto work as a junior research associate at the Institute of Fundamental Studies in Kandy where he acquired further knowledge and understanding on soil erosion and ecology. With now a thorough understanding of horticulture and related elements; he then moved onto join a leading multinational corporation in Sri Lanka, which at the time was initiating coco peat exports to the European and American markets. Here he was able to utilize much of the knowledge he had acquired over the years and was one of the key company representatives involved in discussions with potential buyers from the Netherlands, specially through the provision of the relevant horticulture expertise and information needed.