Ambula Ceylon (Pvt) Ltd established in 2022, operating in manufacturing processed food for both Local and the International market. We as a firm ensures, that our customers receive, ‘Ready to Eat’ food products both rich in quality and affordable while offering a wide range of processed food varieties from essential spices to proprietary blends.
We professionally spring the highest quality ingredients in Ceylon, while maintaining our strict safety and quality standards. Moreover, we directly purchase from the source itself, the primary producers, which means there are no potential third parties involved. Our sources are being carefully chosen basing a set criteria, making sure that we have a continuous supply.
Ambula Ceylon resides in the “Agri-food” industry, we have a professional and enthusiastic team working together contributing to the sole purpose of delivering a high quality finished product to our customers.
Ambula Ceylon Spices
Over the course of centuries, spices have become an essential part of our food. The spice industry has expanded dramatically and worth billions of dollars today. South Asia’s spices have always been the most in-demand around the world due to their unique aroma and taste. Sri Lanka is well known for the variety and quality of spices it provides, exporting around 30,000 tons of various kinds of spices annually.
Over 90% of the spice and allied products manufactured in Sri Lanka are consumed by the global food and beverage industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the personal care product industry. For all the spice enthusiast from every corner in the globe, Sri Lankan spices means the finest ingredients gifted by nature.
Our Leadership
Mr.Kris P. Krishnakumar – Managing Director
Mr. Kris read for his BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance at the University of London. He fully qualified as an accountant and a statutory auditor in the UK in 1999.He began his professional career as a Junior Auditor at a reputed audit practice in London and progressed up to Audit Manager Level by the year 2002. During his career as a Statutory Auditor, he gained experience in serving clients both in UK and internationally in the manufacturing and service sector industries. He then went on to join a group of companies in the care sector as the Financial Director. Throughout his tenure in this industry, he was exposed to a variety of care related regulatory affairs and financial aspects specific to this industry. While working professionally, he launched his own practice in UK in 2002, advising medium to large scale business in the UK as a statutory auditor, tax specialist and as a business consultant. As the Principal Partner, he continues this practice as at today.
Throughout his professional life, Mr. Kris has gained a vast amount of experience advising and directly dealing with international businesses in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. With this experience, Kris is more than qualified to advise Pet form on all strategic matters. As the Managing Director, his goal is to take the company to the international market and make it a global supplier of packaging solutions within the coming years. He also wishes to take the company towards the concept of green manufacturing whereby all the products will be manufactured from fully recyclable raw materials and all the work processes will have either a zero or a minimal impact on the environment. Kris enjoys playing cricket and badminton and also watches cricket matches during his spare time. He also enjoys dancing.
Mr. D.S.C. Kannangara – Director HR and Strategic Affairs
Mr. Kannangara currently serves as Director HR and Strategic Affairs of the company. He was educated at Ananda College Colombo and then he went on to do his bachelor’s degree at the University of Colombo. He is a qualified Human Resource professional with a MBA in Human Resource Management to his name. He has a wealth of experience in HR and strategic management field working for major corporate companies in Sri Lanka. His experience in the field of HR include Senior Manager position in HR at Brandix, Cluster HR Manager at Hayleys PLC and General Manager, Human Resources & Corporate Affairs at Next Manufacturing (Pvt) Ltd. Currently, he works as the Head of HR at a company which is listed in Nasdaq USA. He had also been a Director in the boards of Ceylon Fishery Harbor Corporation, National Aquaculture Development Authority and currently acts as an Adviser for the Central Cultural Fund on Human Resources & Labor Relations. As the senior consultant, Mr. Kannangara brings his wealth of corporate knowledge and experience to “Ambula Ceylon” and is a great value addition to the team.
