Mumbai, Nov. 18 -- Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) has appointed R. B. Premadasa, Director-General of the Rubber Development Department of Sri Lanka, as the Secretary-General of the organisation from 1 December 2019 for a period of three years.

B. Premadasa will succeed Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Bich of Vietnam who is completing the term on 30 November 2019.

ANRPC appoints its Secretary-General by following a rotation among its member governments.

The intergovernmental organisation, established in 1970 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, has currently 13 member nations which contribute 90% of the global production and 65% of the global consumption of natural rubber.

Premadasa, who belongs to the Sri Lanka Administrative...