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» M.J.C. Amarasuriya (Chairman)
» B.R.L Fernando (Deputy Chairman)
» A.L. Gooneratne (Managing Director)
» Dr. H.S. Wanasinghe
» A.N. Fonseka
» Lalin J.A. Fernando
» Iyad M. Malas
» Dinesh Weerakkody
» G. Galludec (Alternate to Iyad M. Malas)
» Deshamanya Ken Balendra
» Mrs. R.R. Dunuwille (Company Secretary)
M.J.C. Amarasuriya - Chairman

First appointed to the Board on May 15, 1986 and appointed Chairman on January 1, 1995.
No. of Shares held: 309,864 (Voting) and 104,932 (Non-Voting).

Chairman of
Pelwatte Sugar Industries Ltd.
Serendib Flour Mills (Pvt.) Ltd.
Equity Investments Lanka Ltd.
Commercial Fund Management (Pvt.) Ltd.

Director of
Commercial Leasing Co. Ltd.

Past Chairman of
Joint Business Forum of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Employers' Organisations and
Trade Associations of Sri Lanka (JBIZ).

The Employers' Federation of Ceylon.

International Chamber of Commerce, Sri Lanka.

Regional Industry Service Committee of the
North-Western Province.

Former Deputy Chairman of
Hayleys Ltd.

   
   
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B.R.L Fernando - Deputy Chairman

First appointed to the Board on January 1, 1995 and appointed Deputy Chairman on
April 6, 2006.
No. of Shares held: 4,778 (Non-Voting)
Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka

Chairman of
Chemical Industries (Colombo) Ltd.
CIC Fertilizers (Pvt) Ltd.
CIC Seeds (Pvt) Ltd.
CIC Feeds (Pvt) Ltd.
CIC Vetcare (Pvt) Ltd.
CIC Agri-biotech (Pvt) Ltd.
CIC Poultry Farms Ltd.
CIC Bio Security Breeder Farms Ltd.
CISCO Speciality Packaging (Pvt) Ltd.

Director of
Rainwear (Pvt) Ltd.

Trustee of The Employers' Federation of Ceylon

Possesses extensive experience in Finance and Commerce.
   
   
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A.L. Gooneratne - Managing Director

First appointed to the Board as the Managing Director on January 6, 1997.

Joined the Bank in March 1983 and held several senior positions prior to his appointment as the General Manager/Chief Executive in March 1996.

No. of Shares held: 390,158 (Voting) and 17,324 (Non-Voting).

Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales.

Director of
The Financial Ombudsman, Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd.

Council Member of
The Employers' Federation of Ceylon.

Former Chairman of
The Sri Lanka Banks' Association (Guarantee) Ltd.

Represents the Bank's interests on the Boards of all of its Associate and Subsidiary Companies.
   
   
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Dr. H.S. Wanasinghe

First appointed to the Board on January 5, 1990.

No. of Shares held: Nil.

Senior Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Policy Studies.

Member of
Council of Fellows of the Marga Institute.

Member of
Board of Directors of the Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Director of
Commercial Development Co. Ltd.

Served the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific for 15 years and on return to Sri Lanka in 1986 served as the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Administrative Reforms, the Presidential Taxation Commission and the Public Investment Management Board. Before joining the United Nations, served as a Member of the Ceylon Civil Service for 24 years.

   
   
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A.N. Fonseka

First appointed to the Board on January 31, 2000.

No. of Shares held: 622 (Non-Voting).

Director of
DFCC Bank (General Manager/Chief Executive)

Chairman of
Colombo Stock Exchange.

Vice-Chairman of
Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP).

Member - Governing Board of
The National Institute of Business Management.
Post Graduate Institute of Management,
University of Sri Jayawardenapura

Member of
Financial Sector, Capital Markets and Taxation Clusters of the National Council for Economic Development (NCED)

Committee Member of
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.


   
   
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Lalin J.A. Fernando

First appointed to the Board on April 25, 2003.

No. of Shares held: Nil.
Founder & Managing Director of

Standard Trading Company (Pvt) Ltd.

Director of
L.F. Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.
L.F. Teas (Pvt) Ltd.
STC Logistics (Pvt) Ltd.
STC Trading House (Pvt) Ltd.
Motor Marvels (Pvt) Ltd.
Frontier Automotive (Pvt) Ltd.
Koboshu Corporation (Pvt) Ltd.
Horana Plantations Ltd.
Unidil Packaging (Pvt) Ltd.
Ceytea Plantation Management Ltd.
Research International (Pvt) Ltd.
Marlinkspike Property Developers (Pvt) Ltd.

Counts over 35 years experience in the Tea Trade and Private Sector Management.


   
   
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Iyad M. Malas

First appointed to the Board on November 23, 2004.

No. of Shares held: Nil.

Holds an MBA from George Washington University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Has been with the World Bank Group since 1987 and was previously a Manager in the IFC's Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa Department.

As Head of the investment bank, Fleming CIIC in Cairo, was responsible for the creation of the largest investment bank in the MENA region.

Instrumental in developing the Emerging Markets Data Base into a fully-fledged commercial product.

Extensive experience working in Latin America, Asia, South Europe and the Middle East.

Possesses extensive experience in the private sector and IFC including strong industry knowledge in General Manufacturing, Information Technology and Financial Markets.

   
   
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Dinesh Weerakkody

First appointed to the Board on July 29, 2005.

No. of Shares held: Nil.

Graduate in Business Administration.

Holder of a Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Leicester, England.

Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Managing Director of
Cornucopia Lanka Ltd.

Director of
DFCC Bank
Smithkline Beecham Ltd.

Former Chairman/CEO of
Employees' Trust Fund Board, Sri Lanka.

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
(January 2003 - April 2004).

Human Resource Director of Smithkline - Sri Lanka (January 1998 - November 2005).

Council Member of
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Sri Lanka Division.
Sri Lanka Tennis Association

Has received extensive training in Human Resource Management in Singapore, London, Japan, India and in the USA.

   
   
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G. Galludec - Alternate Director to Iyad M. Malas

First Appointed to the Board on July 6, 2006.

No. of Shares held: Nil.

Graduated from EM Lyon (France).

IFC Country Manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives and Program Manager - South Asia

Enterprise Development Facility.

Previously worked in the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg.

First Secretary General of PlaNet Finance and has worked extensively in Micro finance and SME finance worldwide.

Over 20 years of experience in the banking sector with extensive work in Africa, Central Europe and Asia in managerial positions.


   
   
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Deshamanya Ken Balendra

First appointed to the Board on October 02, 2006.

No. of Shares held: Nil.

Conferred the National Honour of Deshamanya by Her Excellency the President of Sri Lanka, in 1998, in recognition of distinguished services of a highly meritorious nature.

Voted as the most effective business leader in Sri Lanka since independence in an opinion poll conducted by the `Lanka Monthly Digest' in October 2003 and selected as the `Sri Lankan of the Year' by the same publication in 1998.

Co-chaired the Joint-Study Group which prepared the Indo-Sri Lanka Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that was presented to the Prime Ministers of the two countries in 2003.

Appointed by Her Excellency the President of Sri Lanka to the Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation immediately after the tsunami disaster and has been focusing on the Roads and Bridges Sector.

Honorary Member of
The Association of Hotel School Graduates.
Tea Traders' Association.

Trustee of
The Royal College Union.
The George Keyt Foundation.

Chairman of
Brandix Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
Ceylon Tobacco Co. Ltd.

South Asia Regional Fund, sponsored by the Commonwealth Development Corporation for investment in South Asia.

Investment Committee of Aureos South Asia Fund, a joint venture between the Commonwealth Development Corporation of UK and NORFUND of Norway.

The Board of Trustees of the National Council for Mental Health.

Investment Committee of Aureos Lanka Advisers Ltd.

Director of
Caltex Lubricants Lanka Ltd.
Honorary Consul-General for Poland.

Former Chairman of
John Keells Holdings Ltd.
Bank of Ceylon.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Insurance Board of Sri Lanka.
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Immediate Past President of
Sri Lanka Institute of Directors.
Sri Lanka-India Society.

   
   
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Mrs. R.R. Dunuwille - Company Secretary

Attoney-at-Law

Chartered Secretary (UK)

   
   
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