{"id":118955,"date":"2023-07-31T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=118955"},"modified":"2023-07-31T14:42:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:42:53","slug":"merrill-j-fernando-founder-of-dilmah-tea-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/merrill-j-fernando-founder-of-dilmah-tea-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrill J. Fernando: Founder of Dilmah Tea Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Merrill J. Fernando: Founder of Dilmah Tea Passes Away<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/qld-sri-lankan-newsletter-daehaena-august-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter \u2013 D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 August 2023<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Merrill J. Fernando \u2013 the founder and former CEO of Sri Lanka\u2019s largest and most global tea brand \u2018Dilmah Tea\u2019 \u2013 passed away on 20 July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The iconic businessperson was aged 93 at the time of his demise. Born in 1930 in Negombo, Fernando received his primary education from Maris Stella College and his secondary education from St. Joseph\u2019s College in Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adaderana.lk\/news.php?nid=92085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118956 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/adaderanaenglish.s3.amazonaws.com\/1689825717-Merrill-J-Fernando--Dilmah-Tea-founder-l.jpg\" alt=\"Dilmah Tea- elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 1954, at a time when the island\u2019s tea trade was still under the control of the British, Fernando began working as a tea assistant with Arthur Frederick Jones and his son Dennis Jones at AF Jones &amp; Co. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Fernando was amongst the first group of Ceylonese to be permitted to learn tea tasting. Four years later, Fernando was appointed the company\u2019s Managing Director. However, in 1962, he stepped down from AF Jones &amp; Co. and started Ceylon Tea Services Company. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Later that year, he established Merrill J. Fernando Company and exported bulk tea to Russia, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Libya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 1982, Fernando established Ceylon Tea Services Ltd., which was floated as a public company on the request of the government to support a fledgling Colombo Stock Exchange. Three years later, in 1985, Sri Lanka\u2019s first value added Ceylon tea brand \u201cDilmah\u201d was launched with Australia-based Mauri Foods. Dilmah Tasting and Packing Factory was awarded ISO 9002 Certification in 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Reaffirming his commitment to the company\u2019s philosophy \u2018Business is a Matter of Human Services\u2019, Fernando in 2003 established the MJF Charitable Foundation through which thousands of children, young women and men, impoverished adults, farmers, and war widows received help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The MJF Charitable Foundation undertook its first major relief effort with the Small Entrepreneur Programme benefiting survivors of the 2004 tsunami disaster. The project has gone on to empower over 2,000 start-up businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Courtesy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adaderana.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.adaderana.lk\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merrill J. Fernando: Founder of Dilmah Tea Passes Away Source :\u00a0 Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter \u2013 D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 August 2023 Merrill J. Fernando \u2013 the founder and former CEO of Sri Lanka\u2019s largest and most global tea brand \u2018Dilmah Tea\u2019 \u2013 passed away on 20 July. 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