President of The International Association of Lions Clubs.
Director of Commercial Leasing Co. Ltd.
Past Chairman of United Motors Lanka PLC.
Joint Business Forum of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Employers’ Organisation 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 PLC.
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: 8,414 (Non-Voting).
Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.
Chairman of
Chemical Industries (Colombo) PLC.
CIC Paints (Pvt) Ltd.
Chemanex Ltd.
CIC Fertilizers (Pvt) Ltd. and its subsidiaries.
CIC Feeds (Pvt) Ltd. and its subsidiaries.
CIC Vetcare (Pvt) Ltd.
CISCO Speciality Packaging (Pvt) Ltd.
Director of
Rainwear (Pvt) Ltd.
First Capital Equities (Pvt) Ltd.
Employees Trust Fund Board.
Lighthouse Hotel.
Trustee of the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon
Possesses extensive experience in Finance and Commerce
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: 806,216 (Voting) and 38,028 (Non-Voting).
Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales.
Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka.
Chairman of The Financial Ombudsman, Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd. The Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (Guarantee) Ltd.
Council Member of The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon.
Represents the Bank’s interests on the Boards of all of its Associate and Subsidiary Companies.
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.
Board of Directors of the Centre for Policy Alternatives.
The Transparency International, Sri Lanka.
Director ofCommercial Development Company PLC.
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.
A.N. Fonseka
First appointed to the Board on January 31, 2000.
No. of Shares held: 1,077 (Non-Voting).
Director of DFCC Bank PLC (General Manager/Chief Executive).
Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka.
Chairman of Colombo Stock Exchange.
Vice-Chairman of Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP).
Member of Governing Board of The National Institute of Business Management.
Post Graduate, Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Financial, Capital Markets, Legal and Taxation Clusters of the National Council for Economic Development (NCED).
National Payments Council.Inter Regulatory Institutions Council.
Committee Member of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
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.
Horana Plantations Ltd.
Ceylon Plantation Management Ltd.
Unidil Packaging (Pvt) Ltd.
Research International (Pvt) Ltd.
Marlinkspike Property Developers (Pvt) Ltd.
Counts over 36 years experience in the Tea Trade and Private Sector Management.
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 from 1987 to 2007 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.
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 PLC
Smithkline Beecham Sri Lanka
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 GlaxoSmithkline -
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 Leadership, International Relations, Change Management and Human Resource Management in Singapore, UK, Japan, India and in the USA.
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.
Deshamanya Ken Balendra First appointed to the Board on October 2, 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 focused on the Roads and Bridges Sector.
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.
Director of Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC.
Former Chairman of
John Keells Holdings PLC.
Bank of Ceylon.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Insurance Board of Sri Lanka.
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
Past President of
Sri Lanka Institute of Directors.
Sri Lanka-India Society.
Honorary Consul-General for Poland.
