Mr J.V.R. Joseph
| A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants (UK) and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK). Holds a post graduate Degree in Finance and has a number of years of extensive experience at a senior level internationally both in industry and as a management consultant |
Mr A. H. E. Rodrigo
| Asanka is a Director at Actis and leads new investments in South Asia working out of its Mumbai office. He joined Actis in 2000 and has worked across its offices in London, South and East Africa and India. Asanka has been involved in Actis’s investments in the Industrials, Business Services, Financial Servers and Healthcare sub sectors including investments such as in Endurance Technologies, Anthelio Healthcare, Dalmia Cement, Ceylon Oxygen, SAGT, Flamingo, BCR Bank and The Junction. |
Mr S.A.B. Rajapaksa
| Mr. Rajapaksa is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK, and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing of UK. He also holds an MBA from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Mr. Rajapaksa began his career at Ernst & Young. He went on to serve as Director/GM at Informatics International, Director/Chief Executive Officer at CF Venture Fund, Group Director of Central Finance Co. PLC, Senior Project Manager at AT&T Inc. USA and Group Director of Kshatriya Holdings PLC. Mr. Rajapaksa was also a Group Director of the Softlogic Group and Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Softlogic Communications Ltd. He also served as the Chairman of Softlogic Credit Ltd. while also serving on the Boards of Softlogic Capital PLC and Softlogic Finance PLC. Mr. Rajapaksa currently serves as the Group Managing Director of Associated Motorways (Private) Limited. |
Mr G.L.H. Premaratne
| Was appointed to the Board in March 2008 after 40 years of banking experience with Commercial Bank. Mr. Premaratne is specialised in Corporate Banking, and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of London. He served as the Managing Director of Sampath Bank from 2009 to December 2011. He held the position of Chairman of Sri Lanka Banks’ Association. He also serves on the Board of Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC and Central Hospital Limited. He functions as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and also a member of the Audit Committee of all three Hospitals. |
Mr B.M. Riyaj
| Coordinating Secretary to Ministry of Industries, Commerce and Director of Lanka Leyland Ltd. |
Mr K. Sridharan
| Chartered Accountant by profession and the Chief Financial Officer of Ashok Leyland, India. |
Mr V.K. Dasari
| Engineer by profession and the Managing Director of Ashok Leyland, India. |
Mr N. Sundararajan
| Company Secretary and a Business Management professional. Has over 36 years of work experience, in industry. Was formerly Executive Director and Company secretary of Ashok Leyland, India. |
Mr D.P. Kumarage
| Banker by Profession. Currently Chief Executive Officer of People’s Leasing Company and Director of several other financial institutions. |
Mr Y.L.S. Hameed
| Chairman of Lanka Leyland Limited |
Ms S. Bogollagama
| Ms Bogollagama holds a MSc in Corporate Finance from University of Aberdeen in UK and BSc in Mathematics with Business Studies from University of Surrey in UK. She has extensive local and foreign experience in financial related products and Product Development. |
Mr R.M.M.J. Ratnayake
| Mr. Ratnayake is a Chartered Management Accountant by profession and he currently functions as the Managing Director of Colonial Motors PLC, also serving as the Deputy Chairman of Multi Finance PLC – a publicly listed financial institution in Sri Lanka. Mr. Ratnayake was the Chairman of the Committee to float the 1st Internationally Listed Bond for the expansion of Mobitel and SLT—a top telecom services provider in Sri Lanka and also to obtain an international Rating for SLT. Mr. Ratnayake has an M.B.A. from the University of Washington and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). |
Mr R.A. Iriyagolle
| Mr. Iriyagolle holds a B.Sc in Engineering from the University of Missouri, U.S.A. He possesses more than sixteen years work and has held positions in Asia Capital and fixed income specialists in Ceylinco Shriram Securities (CSS) and MB Financial Services (Pvt) Ltd. As Head of Trading of Fixed Income Securities at CSS, Mr. Iriyagolla was responsible for the entire trading operation, with a portfolio exceeding Rs.4 billion. |
Mr M.D.A. Weerasooriya
| Mr. Weerasooriya is an Attorney-at-Law by profession and served in the Attorney General’s Department from 1988 to 1993, going into commenced private practice in 1993. He has handled corporate, criminal, labour tribunal, civil work and customer related work on behalf of individuals and leading Sri Lankan and international companies like DCSL, Daya Group of Companies, CIC Agri foods and Maliban Biscuits. Has extensive experience and expertise in all areas of the law and advisors ASCOT Holdings PLC on all matters legal and regulatory. |
Mr D.J. Gunaratne
| Mr. Gunaratne is an Attorney at Law by profession since 1973, and served in the Attorney-General’s Department as a State Counsel. Joined the judiciary as a Magistrate in 1979 and served in Kebethigollewa, Matara and Kegalle. He has practiced as a defense Counsel since resigning from the judiciary in 1984 and was appointed a President’s Council in 2007. Mr. Gunaratne was appointed Chairman of the Employee’s Trust Fund Board and Dankotuwa Porcelain Ltd in 1994. He was made a Director on the Board of Sampath Bank in the same year. He resigned from the Board of Directors of Sampath Bank and the ETF in 1996 and rejoined the Board of Directors of Sampath Bank in 1998 and held the position until his retirement in the F/Y ended 2011/2012. Currently, he is also the Chairman of Bibile Trading & Forwarding Agency (Pvt) Ltd, United Eastern Agencies (Pvt) Ltd, SC Securities (Pvt) Ltd and holds a Directorship in Windys (Pvt) Ltd. |
Mr N.D Gunaratne
| Mr.Gunaratne is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He has over twenty years experience in the field of finance and accounting and has held positions in MB Financial Services (Pvt) Ltd., a primary dealer appointed by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Jewelknit, a subsidiary of Mast Industries, U.S.A. He is a member of the team that evaluates new investment opportunities for the Company. He also serves as an Independent Director of Access Engineering PLC. |
Mr A.G. Weerasinghe
| Mr. Weerasinghe is an experienced senior banker who joined Taprobane Group of Companies in June 2012. Presently, he serves as the Chairman of Taprobane Securities (Pvt) Ltd, Taprobane Investments (Pvt) Ltd, Lexinton Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Taprobane Wealth Plus (Pvt) Ltd, and Heron Agro Products (Pvt) Ltd. He is an Associate and a Fellow member of the Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka and also holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. Mr. Weerasinghe served as an Assistant Lecturer in Economics, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. He was also a former President of Sri Lanka FOREX Association and a member of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board. |
Mr N.M. Peiris
| He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - UK. He is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He has over 10 years of experience in senior management. He is the Managing Director of Global Convention (Pvt) Ltd. and holds directorships in many other companies. |
Mr L.D. Peiris
| He is a Fellow member of the institute of Credit Management Sri Lanka. He has over 32 years’ experience as a Senior Manager, out of which 24 years are at board level. He was the Deputy Chairman of Delmege Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd., prior to which he held the post of Managing Director. He had functioned as the Managing Director of LB Finance Ltd. and Delmege Financial Services (Pvt) Ltd. He has held many board positions within the Delmege Group of Companies. A past Chairman of The Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka, he is presently the Vice President of the SL Institute of Credit Management. |
Ms R.E. Weerasinghe
| An Attorney–at–Law. Joined the Company in 1997, formed the Legal Department and held several positions within the Department before being appointed to the Board in 2004. A past Chairperson and an active member of the Legal Circle of The Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka. |