We are delighted to announce the newly elected OBA committee for the forthcoming period 2026 - 2027. The new committee was appointed at the AGM that concluded on Sunday 25th October 2026 with President pro tempore Sanjiv Vivekanandan.
Like past years, many Thomians both young and old gathered at the Baulkham Hills Community Centre for the STC OBA NSW/ACT AGM 2026. The afternoon kicked off with the formal proceedings followed by fellowship dinner.
This year two of our committee members decided to step down. Namely our Assistant Treasurer Lesley Manickam, and our Vice President Harry Gunethilake. Both have contributed immensely to the OBA and we thank them for their dedication and service.
Continuing the momentum from previous years, we yet again saw four young members taking up roles in the committee. We thank our returning committee members for joining us for another exciting year and extend a warm welcome to our latest inductees.
New Committee for 2026/27:
President: Hemal Wickramasinghe
Vice President: Gopinath Sathiacama
Vice President: Loshanan Sivapalan
Secretary: Avishka Mendis
Assistant Secretary: Eksath Perera
Treasurer: Anuk Palihawadana
Assistant Treasurer: Rizwan Rizvi
Committee Member: Nihal Ramanayake
Committee Member: Kumar Rasiah
Committee Member: Tanush Pratheepan
Committee Member: Pankaja Weerasekara
Committee Member: Sajidh Marikkar
Committee Member: Kavishan Dissanayake
Honorary Auditor: Niranjan Sundaranathan
Patron: Ananda Amaranath
Messages from the Warden Asanka Perera and Patron Ananda Amaranth were read out in their absence.
The guest speaker for this year’s AGM was Panchan Ratneser. He reflected on his days at STC and his career journey as a business and finance professional.
Kumar Rasiah delivered a vote of thanks and took a moment to give us an update on the works happening in S. Thomas' College Bandarawela and S. Thomas' College Gurutalawa.
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We would like to thank all those who attended the AGM and everyone else who sent good wishes. We look forward to an exciting 2026 – 2027, confident that it will be yet another successful year, and we hope to see as many of you as possible at upcoming events.
Esto Perpetua!
