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Kia Motors appoints Andrew Perera as Managing Director  

07 Oct 2021

Kia Motors (Lanka) Ltd. appointed Andrew Perera, the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) as Managing Director to the company.  Announcing the appointment, Kia Motors (Lanka) Chairman Mahen Thambiah said: “Andrew’s expertise, commitment, drive, and energy have been an asset to Kia Motors during good as well as challenging times. With his support we have persevered with our expansion and restructuring plans even through the period marred by the global pandemic and local restrictions, and we look forward to his continuing leadership in the exciting years ahead of us.”  Perera joined Kia Motors as COO in January 2013 and has played a pivotal role in the development and expansion of Kia’s after-sales service infrastructure and regional presence in Sri Lanka over nearly nine years. He was appointed an Executive Director of the company in 2015 in recognition of his contributions and his value to the board.  Commenting on his new role as Managing Director of Kia Motors (Lanka), Perera stated: “On the international stage, Kia is undergoing a transformation and reinvention that is designed to propel the brand to a leading position in the global car market. This is focused on developing more class-leading electric vehicles like the EV6, and introducing a broad range of sustainable mobility services tailored to meet the needs and tastes of individuals and local markets. I believe that the best of Kia is ahead of us, and I am delighted to take up the challenge of driving the brand’s next phase of growth in Sri Lanka.”  Perera has more than 12 years of experience in the automobile sector. At Kia Motors (Lanka), his tenure as COO has seen many milestone developments, including awards such as Distributor of Distinction 2013, Most Improved Distributor 2014, and Testimonial Award for Best Sales 2017 for the Company from Kia; the completion of the Rs. 800 million Kia Logistics Centre in Malabe in 2018; and the development of a network of owned subsidiaries and franchised satellite sales, service, and spare parts (3S) outlets that has significantly expanded the brand’s regional presence.  Perera also serves the automobile industry as an Executive Committee Member of the Ceylon Motor Traders’ Association (CMTA), which is affiliated with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.  Kia Motors (Lanka) has represented the Kia brand in Sri Lanka since 1996 and been instrumental in making it one of the most popular automobile brands in the country. The company’s logistics centre in Malabe is supported by a sales and service network spearheaded by wholly owned subsidiaries Carplan and Autopoint (Kurunegala) as 3S dealers that provide sales, service, and spare parts from one location. Kia Motors (Lanka) also has showrooms in Kandy and Matara; appointed service dealers in Ampara, Galle, and Ratnapura; and franchised spare parts dealers in Colombo, Moratuwa, Gampaha, Kandy, Ratnapura, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, and Matara.


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