Aii today announced the newest addition to its Board of Directors, Hasitha Premaratne. Hasitha will be the seventh member of the Board, bringing the unique and critical supplier perspective to the boardroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Hasitha Premaratne to our board,\u201d said Lewis Perkins, President and CEO of Aii. \u201cHis appointment underscores Aii\u2019s ongoing commitment to supply chain solutions, and highlights the crucial role of suppliers in achieving Aii\u2019s\u2014and the industry\u2019s\u2014ambitious climate goals. Hasitha\u2019s collaboration with Aii on our blended capital unlock strategy has laid a solid foundation for our partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hasitha currently serves as the Managing Director of the Brandix Group, a global leader in the apparel supply chain. He drives the overall strategy and transformation journey of Brandix, while overlooking its Global Business. Hasitha is also the Managing Director of Brandix India, and sits in group subsidiaries and investment ventures that include Teejay Lanka PLC, Inqube Global, and Best Pacific Lanka Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hasitha has an extensive background in the fields of capital markets, economics, strategic finance, and management. He is an Independent Director of leading listed companies in Sri Lanka, including John Keells Hotels and NDB Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other members of Aii\u2019s Board of Directors include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Melissa Fifield, Bank of the West, Board Chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Amina Razvi, Industry Expert, Board member<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Devon Rothwell, Cond\u00e9 Nast, Board member<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Amanda Tucker, Target, Board member<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Claire Bergkamp, Textile Exchange, Board member<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Pramit Chanda, IDH, Board member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aii today announced the newest addition to its Board of Directors, Hasitha Premaratne. Hasitha will be the seventh member of the Board, bringing the unique and critical supplier perspective to the boardroom. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Hasitha Premaratne to our board,\u201d said Lewis Perkins, President and CEO of Aii. \u201cHis appointment underscores Aii\u2019s ongoing commitment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"media-types":[51],"class_list":["post-27378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aii-updates-category","media-types-article"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27378"},{"taxonomy":"media-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-types?post=27378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}