Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC announced that the appointment of Mr. Asite Talwatte as an independent non-executive directors of company, effective on July 26, 2018. Mr. Talwatte worked at Ernst & Young in assurance, business risk and advisory services for 37 years, including 10 years as country managing partner. He has worked with Ernst & Young in Cleveland, Ohio and also served on Ernst & Young's far-east area executive committee, the area advisory council and the ASEAN leadership committee.  Mr. Talwatte was president of CA Sri Lanka for a two year period in 2002/2003 and the CIMA in 1995/96. He also served as the chairman of the statutory accounting standards committee and the auditing standards committee, the urgent issues task force and the examinations committee of the ICASL. Mr. Talwatte has been closely associated with the development of corporate governance in Sri Lanka being actively involved with the code of audit committee in 2002 and the code of corporate governance in 2003. He co-chaired the committees to structure the revised codes of corporate governance of 2008, 2012 Mr. Talwatte has been closely associated with the development of corporate governance in Sri Lanka being actively involved with the code of audit committees in 2002 and the code of corporate governance in 2003. He co-chaired the committees to structure the revised codes of corporate governance of 2008, 2012 and 2017 and the listing rules of 2008.