Rajith De Mel (48) has been appointed the new Managing Director of Van Rees Group. Van Rees Group, celebrating its 200 year’s anniversary this year, is one of the few leading global suppliers and processors of tea and headquartered in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). He will take up his new duties and responsibilities as per 1 July 2019. At present, Rajith De Mel is Managing Director of Van Rees Ceylon in Sri Lanka.