| Mr R.R. Anthony
| Mr. Roshan Antony counts over 20 years’ experience in the elds of Foreign Exchange, Money Markets, Government Securities Trading and Corporate Debt Markets in Sri Lanka. He has held the following position of AGM - First Capital Treasuries from 1993 to 2004 prior to joining the Taprobane Holdings Group. He is also the MD / CEO of Lexinton Financial Services (Pvt) Ltd, Margin Provider regulated by Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka. He also holds the Directorate of Taprobane Securities (Pvt) Ltd, Taprobane Investments (Pvt) Ltd, Taprobane Mutual Fund Management Ltd, Lexinton Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Lexinton Resorts (Pvt) Ltd and CIC Poultry Farms Ltd. |
| Mr D.A.B. Dassanayake
| Mr. Ashantha Dassanayake possesses over 27 years of experience in Inter Bank Money Broking Market and is recognized as one of the foremost Foreign Exchange & Money Market Dealers in the country. His career began at DSP Forex (Pvt) Ltd, from which he left and joined First Capital Money Brokers (Pvt) Ltd as a Senior Manager. Working his way up the ranks he became Managing Director / CEO of First Capital Money Brokers (Pvt) Ltd in 1999 until his resignation in 2004 to head the Money Broking arm of the Taprobane Holdings Group. Currently he also serves as an Executive Director of Colombo City Holdings PLC, Taprobane Investments (Pvt) Ltd, Taprobane Securities (Pvt) Ltd and Lexinton Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. |
| Mr B.A.J.G. Peiris
| Board Member of Seylan Bank PLC |
| Mr A.L. Devasurendra
| Mr. Ajith Devasurendra is a veteran in the nancial services industry in Sri Lanka and counts more than 30 years' work experience both in Sri Lanka and overseas. As one of the pioneers in Money Broking and Government Securities market, he was able to bring new dimensions to the local money market industry. A past president of the Sri Lanka Money Brokers’ Association and also the rst president of the Sri Lanka Primary Dealers’ Association, Mr Devasurendra also acted as consultant to Price Water House Coopers, Bombay, India on a USAID project. |
| Mr N.M.P.C Jayamanne
| Chairman of Seylan Bank PLC |
| Ms L.K. Gunatilake
| Mrs. Gunatilake possesses 28 years of executive experience at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which she began as an Economist in 1979. She served in the Economic Research Department (as an Economist and later as a Senior Economist) up to 1991. Since then; she served in the Banking Department of the Central Bank. In 1996, she was promoted as a Deputy Director of Economic Research and in 2000 she was appointed an Additional Director of Economic Research. In 2001, she was appointed the Director of the Department of Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Institutions. She held this position up to her retirement in 2007. She was a Member of the Financial System Stability Consultative Committee of the Central Bank from January 2008 to June 2011. |
| Mr D.S.P. Wickramanayake
| Mr. Wikramanayake is a Chartered Accountant. He has worked with the Bank of Butterfield, a Bermuda-based international bank for 19 years, where he reached the position of Executive Vice- President. Since returning to Sri Lanka, he has been the Chief Executive Officer of Union Assurance Limited and the President of the Insurance Association of Sri Lanka in 2002. Mr. Wikramanayake has also served as; a Council Member of the Chamber of Construction Industry, Chairman of the Insurance Sub-Committee of the Ceylon Chamber and Member of two Sub-Committees in a Governmental Financial Sector Reforms initiative. |
| Mr K.M.A.T.B Tittawella
| Mr. Anil Tittawella is a President’s Counsel and has had a varied professional career with a wide range of subjects both in terms of litigation and under other dispute resolution mechanisms. His expertise is in civil and commercial law litigation, alternate dispute resolution mechanisms, legal documentation, drafting, negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate legal matters and legal due diligence. Some of the countries that he has represented his clients in are Pakistan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Sweden, UAE, Thailand, Singapore, England, USA, India, Mauritius, New Zealand and Switzerland. |
| Mr A.W. Atukorala
| Mr. Atukorala possesses extensive experience in banking, having been with the ANZ Banking Group both in Sri Lanka & Overseas. He has served as Deputy General Manager, ANZ Grindlays Bank, Sri Lanka; Country Manager Sri Lanka, Mashreq Bank PSC and was a former advisor to the Ministry of Policy Development & Implementation. He was a Director of Union Bank PLC for a period of 9 years and retired in 2012. |
| Mr S. Amerasekera
| He is a Life Member of the Association of Professional Bankers Sri Lanka and holds a MBA from Edith Cowan University Western Australia. He also has completed an Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and a Post Graduate Certificate in Asset and Liability Management from the post Graduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenepura. Previously he held the position as the General Manager/Chief Executive Officer at HDFC Bank, Chief Operating Officer at Alliance Finance PLC, Assistant General Manager at Seylan Bank. Out of his 33 years experience in Banking and Finance, he served at Seylan Bank for nearly 20 years and the balance period at HDFC Bank, State Bank of India & Bank of America. He has a substantial exposure to retail and corporate banking. |
| Mr D.C. Jayasuriya
| Dr. Dayanath Jayasuriya (LLB (Ceylon); Ph.D. (Colombo); Fellow - International Compliance Association (U.K.); Hony Fellow - Society for the Advanced Study of Law (U.K.); Member -Singapore Institute of Directors). He was the Director General and CEO of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Insurance Board of Sri Lanka and held these posts until 2003. In 2004 he was appointed as the Chairman of both these regulatory bodies. Dr. Jayasuriya is the Founder Chairman of the South Asian Insurance Regulators’ Forum. In 2005 he served as the Chairman of the International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) President’s Committee and as the Vice Chairman of the IOSCO Multilateral MoU Monitoring Committee. |
| Mr J.C. Korale
| Mr. J. C. Korale joined the Board of SMB Leasing PLC in November 2010 and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Kelaniya and a Master of Science Degree from the University of Moratuwa. Mr. Korale is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – UK. He is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of UK. He also held the position of Vice Chairman of the National Contractors Association of Sri Lanka and was a founder Director of the Advance Construction Training Academy. Mr. Korale has extensive exposure to Finance, Audit and other industries and acts as an Independent Management Consultant and a practicing Arbitrator. |
| Mr G.C.B. Ranasinghe
| Mr. G. C. B. Ranasinghe counts more than 25 years of experience in the leasing industry. He was a founder Director / CEO of Orient Financial Services Corporation (Pvt) Ltd. From which he retired in October 2009. He has also served at Mercantile Leasing Ltd. for over 20 years in different capacities and also served as a Director of the said company. He was also a former Deputy Chairman of Leasing Association of Sri Lanka. Mr. Ranasinghe joined the leasing industry in its formative years and has played a major role in developing leasing as an important financial instrument in the local market. He was awarded a Certificate of Leasing by the Summer School of Leasing, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. |
| Mr M.S.I. Peiris
| Mr. M. S. I. Peiris joined Seylan Merchant Bank PLC (SMB) in 1994 after being employed in two leading Financial Institutions in the Finance Company and Housing Finance Sectors in Sri Lanka. In the year 2004 he was appointed as the Director / General Manager of Seylan Merchant Leasing PLC, a subsidiary of SMB which position he held up to the time of its divestiture to Peoples Leasing Company in 2009. Mr. Peiris presently functions as the Executive Director of SMB Leasing PLC after being invited to the said Board in 2007 as a Director. He possesses extensive experience in the financial services sector especially in the field of credit management, counting over 26 years in the industry. Mr. Peiris is an Associate Member of the Institute of Credit Management of Sri Lanka. |
| Mr M.J.N.S. Fernando
| Board Member of SMB Leasing PLC |
| Mr U. Gautam
| Mr. Gautam is an engineer by profession having started his career at Ashok Leyland India over three decades ago. Currently he serves as the head of the SAARC region of Ashok Leyland India, and CEO of Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC, a joint venture between the Government of Sri Lanka and Ashok Leyland. He also serves on the board of the Indian CEO Forum Sri Lanka. Mr. Gautam joined the board of SMB Leasing as a non-executive independent director in 2010, before being elected to Chairman in 2012. |
| Ms D.S. Wijayatilake
| Attorney-at-Law, LLB (Cey), Senior Public Officer counting over 39 years experience in the Public Service. The first woman to hold the post of a Secretary to a Cabinet Ministry. Appointed to the Board: 30th August 2011 as Independent Non-Executive Director Membership of Board Sub Committees: Chairperson of Board Risk Management Committee, Member of Board Audit Committee Current Appointments: Secretary to Ministry of Technology & Research, member of Sri Lanka Law Commission Former Appointments: Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation |
| Ms S. Amarasekera
| Counts over 26 years in active legal Trusts and Practice in Civil Law practicing in the Original, Apellate & Supreme Court as an Attorney-At-Law. Holds a Masters in Law from the University of Pennsylvania with particular emphasis on Insurance Law, Privacy and Defamation Law. She has experience in areas relating to Money Recovery, Property, Testamentary, Condominium Disputes, Family Law and litigates on behalf of financial services sector clients and has specialised in local and international arbitrations. |
| Mr W.D.P. De Mel
| Master of Science degree in International Political Economics from the London School of Economics, Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics from University of Oxford. Appointed to the Board: 1st January 2012 as a Non Executive Director Membership of Board Sub Committees: Member of Board Credit Committee, Board HR & Remuneration Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee, Board Shareholder Relations Committee, Board Treasury Committee and Board Marketing Committee |
| Mr A.H.W. Senanayake
| Board Member of Sampath Bank PLC |
