Chairman of the Presidential Commission investigating into SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka, retired Supreme Court Justice Anil Gooneratne yesterday requested State Counsel Sajith Bandara to look into recruitment procedure of the Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines, their qualifications and report to the Commission.
SriLankan Airlines Secretary Dalarene Thirikumar said Manoj De Vas Gunawardena, the predecessor of Kapila Chandrasena was appointed to the post after applying for the vacancy in a newspaper and facing an interview.
She said the paper advertisement outlined qualifications of a Chief Executive Officer of the airlines and Vas Gunawardena was selected based on the application sent by him following a thorough interview.
She said Gunawardena’s bio data detailing his qualifications is in his personnel file. State Counsel Sajith Bandara told the Commission that SriLankan Airlines regional head in charge of North America and Canada Manoj De Vas Gunawardena will be noticed to appear before the Commission.