Editing Nirj Deva (section)

==Business interests==

===Sri Lanka===
Deva's family has extensive business interests in Sri Lanka including tea, rubber and coconut plantations as well as a distillery and residential property.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bevins|first=Anthony|title=New MPs declare multitude of directorships|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/new-mps-declare-multitude-of-directorships-the-house-of-commons-latest-register-of-members-business-interests-is-perused-by-anthony-bevins-political-editor-1478005.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/new-mps-declare-multitude-of-directorships-the-house-of-commons-latest-register-of-members-business-interests-is-perused-by-anthony-bevins-political-editor-1478005.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=12 January 1993|authorlink=Anthony Bevins}}</ref> Deva is a director of Waulugalle Distilleries Limited, Serene Residencies (Private) Limited and the [[family trust]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Declaration of Members' Financial Interests|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/rev/4556_05-07-2012_Rev2.pdf|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|date=3 April 2014}}</ref>

Deva holds directorships of a number of Sri Lanka's largest companies. He is a director of conglomerate [[Aitken Spence PLC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Aitken Spence PLC: Annual Report 2012/13|url=http://www.cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/501_1370338092614.pdf|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718013439/http://cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/501_1370338092614.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aitken Spence PLC: Company Profile|url=http://www.cse.lk/company_profile.do?symbol=SPEN.N0000|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]}}</ref> He was appointed a non-executive director of [[Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings]] PLC, a subsidiary of Aitken Spence PLC, with effect from 1 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Appointment of Independent Non Executive Directors to the Board of Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings PLC|url=http://www.cse.lk/cmt/uploadAnnounceFiles/2941277961287_521.pdf|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]|date=30 June 2010|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602201049/http://www.cse.lk/cmt/uploadAnnounceFiles/2941277961287_521.pdf|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings PLC: Company Profile|url=http://www.cse.lk/company_profile.do?symbol=AHUN.N0000|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]}}</ref> He was appointed to the board of directors of MTD Walkers PLC with effect from 29 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=MTD Walkers PLC Corporate Disclosure|url=http://www.cse.lk/cmt/uploadAnnounceFiles/1611330576411_444.pdf|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]|date=29 February 2012|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195111/http://www.cse.lk/cmt/uploadAnnounceFiles/1611330576411_444.pdf|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MTD Walkers PLC: Company Profile|url=http://www.cse.lk/company_profile.do?symbol=KAPI.N0000|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]}}</ref> He is a director of [[Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC]] and its subsidiary Melstacorp Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC: Annual Report 2012/13|url=http://www.cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/463_1377858398.pdf|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903101128/http://cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/463_1377858398.pdf|archive-date=3 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC: Company Profile|url=http://www.cse.lk/company_profile.do?symbol=DIST.N0000|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]}}</ref> He is also a director of The Kingsbury PLC (formerly Hotel Services (Ceylon) PLC), a subsidiary of [[Hayleys PLC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Kingsbury PLC: Annual Report 2013/14|url=http://www.cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/543_1401361133187.pdf|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602201137/http://www.cse.lk/cmt/upload_report_file/543_1401361133187.pdf|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Kingsbury PLC: Company Profile|url=http://www.cse.lk/company_profile.do?symbol=SERV.N0000|publisher=[[Colombo Stock Exchange]]}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
Deva is a shareholder, director and chairman of Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC, a company [[Listing (finance)|listed]] on the [[Alternative Investment Market]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03676824/SYMPHONY-ENVIRONMENTAL-TECHNOLOGIES-PLC/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605050937/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03676824/SYMPHONY-ENVIRONMENTAL-TECHNOLOGIES-PLC/directors-shareholders|archive-date=5 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He received a salary of £42,000 in 2013 for being chairman.<ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Reports and Accounts 2013|publisher=Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC|page=10}}</ref> He is also a director of two of the company's subsidiaries, Symphony Recycling Technologies Limited and Symphony Plastics (2010) Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Symphony Recycling Technologies Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/05711761/SYMPHONY-RECYCLING-TECHNOLOGIES-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195411/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/05711761/SYMPHONY-RECYCLING-TECHNOLOGIES-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Symphony Plastics (2010) Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03286343/SYMPHONY-PLASTICS-2010-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140601191002/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03286343/SYMPHONY-PLASTICS-2010-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2014|publisher=Company Check}}</ref> He is also currently director of Deva Imperial Limited, Monte Zita Limited and Stassen Teas Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deva Imperial Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08908583/DEVA-IMPERIAL-LTD/directors-shareholders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140601190956/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08908583/DEVA-IMPERIAL-LTD/directors-shareholders|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2014|publisher=Company Check}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Monte Zita Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08913806/MONTE-ZITA-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140601190927/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08913806/MONTE-ZITA-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2014|publisher=Company Check}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stassen Teas Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08484611/STASSEN-TEAS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195721/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08484611/STASSEN-TEAS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He had previously been director of Airlines of the World Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=Airlines of the World Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/02414041/AIRLINES-OF-THE-WORLD-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140601190930/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/02414041/AIRLINES-OF-THE-WORLD-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2014|publisher=Company Check}}</ref> Budget Hotels Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=Budget Hotels Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03243012/BUDGET-HOTELS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195716/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03243012/BUDGET-HOTELS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> CMB Technologies Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=CMB Technologies Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/04098089/CMB-TECHNOLOGIES-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140601190930/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/04098089/CMB-TECHNOLOGIES-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2014|publisher=Company Check}}</ref> Corporate and Public Affairs Strategy Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=Corporate and Public Affairs Strategy Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/01666760/CORPORATE-AND-PUBLIC-AFFAIRS-STRATEGY-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605050933/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/01666760/CORPORATE-AND-PUBLIC-AFFAIRS-STRATEGY-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=5 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> First European Communications Corporation Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=First European Communications Corporation Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/02829938/FIRST-EUROPEAN-COMMUNICATIONS-CORPORATION-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194535/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/02829938/FIRST-EUROPEAN-COMMUNICATIONS-CORPORATION-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Global Business Link Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Business Link Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03124341/GLOBAL-BUSINESS-LINK-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194709/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03124341/GLOBAL-BUSINESS-LINK-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> International Management Consulting Group Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=International Management Consulting Group Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/02961250/INTERNATIONAL-MANAGEMENT-CONSULTING-GROUP-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200045/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/02961250/INTERNATIONAL-MANAGEMENT-CONSULTING-GROUP-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> P.P.A.I. Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=P.P.A.I. Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/02193987/PPAI-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195719/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/02193987/PPAI-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Policy Research Centre for Business Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=Policy Research Centre for Business Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03332907/POLICY-RESEARCH-CENTRE-FOR-BUSINESS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194940/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03332907/POLICY-RESEARCH-CENTRE-FOR-BUSINESS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Project Management (Balaton) Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=Project Management (Balaton) Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03559017/PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-BALATON-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195405/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03559017/PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-BALATON-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Serendib Business Investments Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=Serendib Business Investments Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03377372/SERENDIP-BUSINESS-INVESTMENTS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194614/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03377372/SERENDIP-BUSINESS-INVESTMENTS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Speed Promotions Limited,<ref>{{cite web|title=Speed Promotions Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08484611/STASSEN-TEAS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195721/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08484611/STASSEN-TEAS-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Winfotech Europe Limited<ref>{{cite web|title=Winfotech Europe Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/06719605/WINFOTECH-EUROPE-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195409/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/06719605/WINFOTECH-EUROPE-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and World Corporate Travel Buyers Club Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Corporate Travel Buyers Club Limited|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03376380/WORLD-CORPORATE-TRAVEL-BUYERS-CLUB-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|publisher=Company Check|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194539/http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03376380/WORLD-CORPORATE-TRAVEL-BUYERS-CLUB-LIMITED/directors-shareholders|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>