Brown & Company PLC announced that Mr. Tissa Kumara Bandaranayake has been appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director of the company with effect from September 29, 2014 at the Annual General Meeting of the company held on September 30, 2014. Mr. Bandaranayake was a Past Chairman of the Audit Faculty of The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka and a Past President of the Practicing Chartered Accountants Forum. Mr. Bandaranayake is also a Vice President of National Stroke Association of Sri Lanka, a member of the Rotary International Finance Committee 2013-2016 and the Rotary International District Governor for Sri Lanka in 1999-2000.

He currently serves as the first Chairman of the Quality Assurance Board of Sri Lanka, comprising very senior representatives of the private sector and of the regulatory bodies such as the Central Bank, Sri Lank Accounting & Auditing Standards Monitoring Board, Insurance Board, Securities and Exchange Commission Etc.