Mr Durairatnam possesses extensive experience in banking having been with Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC for 36 years. He served as a Director of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC from April 2012 to July 2014 and as the Managing Director/CEO from July 2014 until his retirement in July 2018. He has served in several other Senior Management positions at Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, including as Chief Operating Officer, Deputy General Manager – International, Assistant General Manager – International, and Head of Imports. He has held the position of Managing Director of Commercial Development Company PLC and has served as a Director on the Board of Lanka Financial Services Bureau Limited.

He holds a BSc from the University of Peradeniya and an Executive Diploma from the University of Colombo.

Banking, Management, and International Trade.

Listed companies:

• Non-Executive Director of Asian Hotels and Properties PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC.

Others:

• Non-Executive Director of Ceylinco Life Insurance Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Assetline Finance Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Enviro Solutions (Private) Limited.

Mr Perera held the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer from August 2017 to December 2021. He has held several senior positions in the banking sector and has over two decades of experience in the financial services and banking sector, both locally and internationally having been with the HSBC Group, both in Sri Lanka and overseas, Commercial Bank of Qatar, Barclays Bank PLC, and at Hatton National Bank PLC. He has served as a Board member of HNB Assurance PLC, HNB General Insurance Limited, and HNB Finance Limited. He has served as a Board member of LankaPay (Pvt) Ltd., Acuity Partners (Pvt) Ltd., Acuity Stockbrokers (Pvt) Ltd., Guardian Acuity Asset Management Ltd., Lanka Ventures PLC, and LVL Energy Fund PLC.

He is a Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a finalist of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Banking, Management, Finance and Auditing.

Listed companies: None

Others:

• Non-Executive Chairman of Lanka Industrial Estates Limited.
• Non-Executive Chairman of DFCC Consulting (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Synapsys Limited.
• Board member of Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP).
• Board member of Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd.

Ms Fernando started her career at Kreston MNS & Co., a correspondent firm of Grant Thornton International – Sri Lanka Division, a firm of Chartered Accountants. Currently, she serves as the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of R I L Property PLC, which is also the parent company of United Motors Lanka PLC and Panasian Power PLC. She counts over 30 years of professional and commercial experience in auditing, finance, and management.

She is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and an Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK).

Finance, Audit, and Management.

Listed companies:

• Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of R I L Property PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of United Motors Lanka PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of Panasian Power PLC.

Others:

• Non-Executive Director of UML Heavy Equipment Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Padiyapelella Hydropower Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Powergen One (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Rajarata Sustainable Development (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of PAP SPGM Solar (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of PAP MHPL Solar (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of PAP EGSS Solar (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of PAP PTS Solar (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of R-E-D Capital Asia (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of PARKLAND Integrated Solutions (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Solar One Asia (Pvt) Limited.
• Partner of A & T Associates.

Mr Nemmawatta has held several executive positions in the public sector. He has served as Secretary of the State Ministry of Defence, Acting Director General of Sri Lanka Customs, Director General of the Department of Public Enterprise in the Ministry of Finance, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education and Highways, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Environment and Acting Director General of the Gems and Jewellery Authority. He has also served as Director of Sri Lanka Samurdhi Authority, Sri Lanka Customs and the Department of Trade, Tariff and Investment Policy in the Ministry of Finance. He served as Treasury representative in several state owned enterprises during his tenure in the Ministry of Finance. He also served as a member of the Committee to report on the Project Office/Project Management Units of Mega Projects implemented by the Government of Sri Lanka. He was a member of the Committee appointed to investigate unscheduled CEB power interruptions in June 2022. He was also a member of Board of Management of the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute and Deputy Director General (Administration and Finance) of the South Asian Centre for Teacher Development (SACTD). He served as the Chairperson of E-Grama Niladari Committee.

He holds a BCom (Sp.) from the University of Colombo, a Postgraduate Diploma in Devolution and Local Government Studies from the University of Colombo and an MSc in Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Financial, Management, and Environmental Planning.

Listed companies: None

Others:

• National Policy Consultant of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (for private sector engagement in climate smart agriculture.)

Mr Wijeyeratne counts over 30 years of experience in general management, financial management, and auditing which has been acquired while being employed at Investcorp Bank, Bahrain, Grindlays Bahrain Bank, Ernst & Young, Bahrain and Ernst & Young, Sri Lanka. In addition, he has held the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (Pvt) Limited (SLINTEC) for over five years (2013 to 2019). He served as a Director of Union Assurance PLC and the Chairman of the Board Audit and Compliance Committee. He retired after completing nine years in September 2020.

He is an Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Finance, Audit, and Management.

Listed companies:

• Non-Executive Director of Trans Asia Hotels PLC and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
• Non–Executive Director of Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
• Non-Executive Director of Ceylon Cold Stores PLC and Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Others:

• Audit Committee Chairman of MAS Holdings.
• Non-Executive Director of Gamini Corea Foundation.
• Trustee of the SLINTEC Endowment Trust Fund.
• Founder/Owner of Avastha Financial Advisory Services.
• Co-Founder of Kalyana SL Guarantee Limited, a mental health advocacy group.

Mr Vasantha Kumar counts over 40 years of experience in banking, having been with ANZ Grindlays Bank for over 22 years and thereafter at People’s Bank for over 18 years. During his service at People’s Bank, he was the Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of People’s Bank for a period of eight years. He has previously served as a Director of People’s Leasing & Finance PLC, People’s Insurance PLC, People’s Merchant Finance PLC, People’s Travels Ltd., Alliance Finance PLC Dhaka, Bangladesh, Lanka Financial Services Bureau Ltd., and the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka. He is a Past President of the Sri Lanka FOREX Association and the Association of Primary Dealers. He served as a member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Wales, UK.

Banking, Management, Treasury, and Investment Banking.

Listed companies:

• Non-Executive Director of Ceylinco Holdings PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of Senkadagala Finance PLC.

Others:

• Non-Executive Chairman of Safe Capital (Pvt) Ltd.
• Non-Executive Director of Wealth Lanka Management (Pvt) Ltd.
• Executive Director of Asset Trust Management (Pvt) Limited.

Ms Thambiayah has worked as an Executive at Keells Hotel Management and John Keells Holdings – New Business Development and Group Initiatives for two and a half years.

She commenced work at Hotel Renuka and Renuka City Hotel in 2008 and is currently the Joint Managing Director of both Renuka Hotels PLC and Renuka City Hotel PLC.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Management Studies from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a Master of Science in International Business and Management from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK.

Business Management, Human Resources, and Marketing.

Listed companies:

• Joint Managing Director/
  Executive Director of Renuka City Hotel PLC.
• Joint Managing Director/
  Executive Director of Renuka Hotels PLC.
• Non–Executive Director of Cargo Boat Development Company PLC.

Others:

• Non-Executive Director of Renuka Consultants and Services Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Renuka Properties Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Lancaster Holdings Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Amalgamated Theatres (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Portfolio Management Services (Pvt) Limited.

Mr Jayatunga counts over three decades of professional experience, having taken his oaths in 1989 as an Attorney-at-Law. He had been practising law for over five years, mainly in the Colombo Courts, before joining Stassen Group of Companies as a Legal Officer/Company Secretary. He has also worked in the Human Resources Department of Ceylon Cold Stores PLC and the Company Secretarial Department of C W Mackie PLC.

He has been serving as the Company Secretary of Balangoda Plantations PLC and Madulsima Plantations PLC of Melsta Group of Companies, and heading the Legal and Company Secretarial Departments of Stassen Group of Companies for over 25 years.

Legal and Company Secretarial.

Listed companies:

• Executive Director/
  Company Secretary of Balangoda Plantations PLC.
• Executive Director/
  Company Secretary of Madulsima Plantations PLC.

Others:

• Non-Executive Director/
  Company Secretary of Bogo Power (Pvt) Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Melsprestige Automobile (Pvt) Limited.
• Heading the Legal and Company Secretarial Departments of Stassen Exports (Pvt) Limited, Milford Exports (Ceylon) (Pvt) Limited, Milford Developers (Pvt) Limited, Stassen International (Pvt) Limited, Stassen Foods (Pvt) Limited, Stassen Natural Foods (Pvt) Limited, Ceylon Garden Coir (Pvt) Limited, CBD Exports (Pvt) Limited, Lahugala Plantations (Pvt) Limited, Bogo Power (Pvt) Limited, Panchalingam Associates (Pvt) Limited, and Macsen Range (Pvt) Limited.

Mr Wickramasinghe was the former Director/CEO of Union Bank of Ceylon PLC for over nine years up to his retirement in August 2024. He counts over 36 years of management experience having worked in both the financial services and FMCG sectors in local and multinational companies. He also served as the Chief Operating Officer of NDB Bank (National Development Bank PLC) and held numerous senior management positions. Prior to joining the financial services sector, he was also with the leading Multi National Reckitt and Colman where he held a number of Senior Management roles both in the region and the Sri Lankan Business. He has served as a Board member of National Asset Management Ltd, UB Finance Company Ltd, Eagle Insurance/Aviva NDB Insurance Ltd, NDB Capital Holdings PLC, NDB Securities (Pvt) Ltd and Development Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. He also served as the Chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd and as a Director of The Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. He has been exposed to Executive Education Programmes at the National University of Singapore, The Said Business School of the University of Oxford, UK and INCEAD (France). He is a member of the Oxford Business Alumni, University of Oxford, UK.

Banking, Management and Marketing.

Listed companies:

• Non-Executive Director of Colombo Fort Land and Building PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of Three Acre Farms PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of C.W. Mackie PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of Diesel and Motor Engineering (DIMO) PLC.

Others:

• Non-Executive Director of AIA Insurance Lanka Limited.
• Non-Executive Director of Fintrex Finance Limited.

Ms Moonesinghe brings over 25 years of experience in investment banking, capital markets, and corporate finance across Europe and Asia, with depth in emerging and frontier market financial institutions.

She began her career with Merrill Lynch, working in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance in Singapore and London, where she gained experience in equity, equity-linked, and debt financing transactions, as well as financial risk analysis across multiple industries. She served as a Partner at Amura Consulting (Singapore) and as the Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Investment Bank, Sri Lanka. Ms Moonesinghe also served as a Director of John Keells Hotels PLC and the Lankan Angel Network.

She holds an MA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford, UK. Additionally, she completed an Intensive Executive MBA at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Management, Investment Banking and Corporate Finance.

Listed companies:

• Non-Executive Director of hSenid Business Solutions PLC.
• Non-Executive Director of WealthTrust Securities PLC.

Others:

• Executive Director of Pembridge Holdings (Pvt) Limited.

Ms Ranaraja started her career as a Legal Trainee at Nithya Partners. She joined the Bank in December 1997 and counts over 25 years of experience covering project financing and commercial banking.

She is an Attorney-at-Law, Notary Public and Commissioner of Oaths and holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) (Hons) from the University of Colombo. She is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK.

Legal and Finance.

Listed companies:

• Company Secretary of DFCC Bank PLC.

Others:
None