Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Extensive governance experience as a Vice-Chancellor and Non- Executive Director on Corporate Boards. A Fellow Member and International Professional Engineer of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka; Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka; PhD from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in Civil Engineering as a Canadian Commonwealth Scholar; published extensively on Engineering and Environmental Economics with Project Management, Recipient of accolades and awards including the General Research Committee Award for outstanding Contribution to Sri Lankan Science from the Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Directors (CVCD) Excellence Award for 2012 for the Most Outstanding Senior Researcher in Technology and related Sciences, the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education 2012 at World Education Congress and the Education Leadership Award 2013 at the 4th Asia’s Best B-School Awards, Singapore.

Appointed to the Board:

30th August 2011 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and appointed as Chairman on 02nd April 2019.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board Credit Committee, Member of Board Audit Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee and Board Treasury Committee.

Current Appointments:

Senior Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa and Independent Director Textured Jersey Lanka PLC and Access Engineering PLC.

Former Appointments:

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa , Chairman of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Directors of Sri Lanka , Council Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Fellow of the National University of Singapore , Non Executive Director of the Colombo Stock Exchange and Lanka IOC PLC., Independent Director Hemas Power PLC

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Over 35 years of experience in banking and finance, driving multiple aspects of banking business, Transactional Banking in Retail and Corporate Banking, among many other key growth areas. He is an Associate member and a Senior Fellow member of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and holds a Masters of Business Administration specialized in Marketing from Sikkim Manipal University, India. He is also a qualified Four Bead Leader Trainer and functions as the Group Advisor to the Group Committee of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia.

Qualified Four Bead Leader Trainer in Scouting.

Appointed to the Board:

13th September 2016 as an Executive Director.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Member of Board Integrated Risk Management Committee, Board Credit Committee, Board Shareholder Relations Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee , Board Treasury Committee, Board Marketing and Board Related Party Transaction Review Committee.

Current Appointments:

Managing Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Director of Lanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd ,Lanka Financial Services Bureau Ltd, and a Governing Board Director of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

Former Appointments:

Chairman of Bankers‘ Technical Advisory Committee, which functions under the purview of Sri Lanka Banks’ Association , a past District Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Scout Association and Director of SC Securities (Pvt) Ltd.

Skills & Experience:

Attorney-at-Law, LLB (Cey), Retired from the Public Service of Sri Lanka in August 2015, after 41 years of service. The first lady in Sri Lanka to hold the post of a Secretary to a Cabinet Ministry.

Appointed to the Board:

30th August 2011 as an Independent Non Executive Director.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairperson of Board Related Party Transactions Review Committee. Member of Board Audit Committee, Board Nomination Committee, Board Human Resource and Remuneration Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee and Board Credit Committee.

Current Appointments:

Chairperson of the Office for Reparations. (Under the provisions of the office for Reparations Act No.34 of 2018 w.e.f 01st April 2019), Independent Non-Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, CEO of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Sri Lanka Law Commission.

Former Appointments:

Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation, Secretary to the Ministry of Technology and Research, Adviser to Minister of Higher Education and Research, Member of the Public Service Commission.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Bachelor of Arts in Management Studies from the University of Nottingham. Heads Corporate Planning for the IWS Holdings Group, in diversified business interests in telecommunication, shipping, media & broadcast, automobiles, aviation, warehousing, food & beverage processing and packaging.

Appointed to the Board :

1st January 2012 as an Independent Non Executive Director.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairperson of the Board Nomination Committee, Member of Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee, Board Integrated Risk Management Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee, Board Marketing Committee and Board Treasury Committee.

Current Appointments:

Independent Non Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Director of IWS Holdings (Pvt) Limited and IWS Leisure (Pvt) Limited, Director of APL Lanka (Private) Limited, RAD Productions (Private) Limited. Trustee - Youth Business Sri Lanka, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Extensive experience in finance and management in financial, apparel and energy sectors. Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura,

Appointed to the Board:

1st January 2012 as a Non Executive Director. Became an Independent Non Executive Director on 31st January 2015.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board Audit Committee and Member Board Strategic Planning Committee.

Current Appointments:

Independent Non Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Chairman of Renewgen (Pvt) Ltd, Group Finance Director - Hirdaramani Group of Companies, Non Executive Director of Windforce (Pvt) Ltd, Star Packaging (Pvt) Ltd, Alumex (Pvt) Ltd, Odel PLC, Taprobane Holdings PLC and Ceylon Hotels Corporation Ltd.

Former Appointments:

Chief Executive Officer of Vanik Bangladesh Securities; AVP of Vanik Incorporation, Director of Hayleys MGT Knitting PLC, Hayleys PLC and Nirmalapura Windpower (Pvt) Ltd.

Skills & Experience:

Dedicated professional with a solid background in Management Accounting, Marketing and Sales , CIMA Accountant . Strategic and creative thinker who has the proven ability to develop strong client relationships quickly and promote teamwork efficiently and a leader with a rich mixture of experience and successes in the business world. Having completed his secondary education at Trinity College , Kandy. Holds a Masters of Business Administration from University of Western Sydney, Australia.

Appointed to the Board:

01st September 2017 as a Non Independent Non Executive Director.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Member of Board Credit Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee, Board Marketing Committee, Board Shareholder Relations Committee and Board IT Committee.

Current Appointments:

Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Managing Director of Indra Traders (Pvt) Ltd ,Non Executive Director of Sampath Centre Limited , Non Executive Director of Serendib Finance Limited , Indra Motor Spares (Pvt) Ltd, Indra Property Development (Pvt) Ltd , Indra Holding (Pvt) Ltd.

Former Appointments:

None.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Senior Finance / Banking professional and a principal consultant provides advisory services to companies across the globe to expand its operations within the Middle East, Sri Lanka and Australia. Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ACA), Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA), and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)

Appointed to the Board:

13th November 2018 as an Non Independent Non Executive Director and became an Independent Director with effect from 08th August 2019.

Current Appointments:

Independent Non Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Director of Singer Sri Lanka Plc, Director of Regnis Lanka Plc, Director of Singer Industries (Ceylon)Plc, Director of Hayleys Fibre Plc, Director of Third Wave International WLL Bahrain.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Holds a BSc. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA, a MSc. from the London School of Economics (LSE) UK and holds the ACMA and CGMA qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)UK.

CEO of the Global Consulting Company and a dynamic leader in the fields of Strategic Planning, HR and Risk Management having gathered extensive experience through her 20 plus years in prominent companies.

Commenced her career as a Corporate Banker, first at ABN AMRO Bank NV and later at Deutsche Bank AG Sri Lanka. Moved from banking into HR and joined Eagle Insurance and handled Human Resource Development and Strategic Planning for the company. Joined the Delmege Group as Group Director Human Resource Development while also serving on the Board of Delmege Interior Décor (Pvt) Ltd. Chief Risk Officer of Brandix Group and overlooking the functions of internal audit and compliance and finally, as CEO of Brandix Hangers (Pvt) Ltd.

Appointed to the Board:

30th May 2019 as a Non Independent Non Executive Director and became an Independent Director with effect from 27th June 2019.

Current Appointments:

Director of Hela Apparel Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Hela Clothing(Pvt) Ltd, Foundation Garments (Pvt) Ltd and FDN Sourcing (Pvt) Ltd. and also a Director of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and currently a Director of WSO2 Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Software Foundation and Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology.

Founder of WSO2 and served as, CEO and Chairman respectively. Currently serving as Director.

Worked in IBM Research, and focused on innovations in middleware and emerging industry standards. At IBM, was one of the founders of the Web services platform, and he co-authored many Web services specifications, including WSDL, BPEL4WS, WS-Addressing, WS-RF, and WS-Eventing.

Committed to open source software development for many years. An elected member of the Apache Software Foundation, the original creator of Apache SOAP, and has contributed to Apache Axis, Apache Axis2 and most Apache Web services projects.

In 2003, founded the Lanka Software Foundation (LSF), a non-profit organization formed with the objective of promoting open source development.

Appointed to the Board:

01st June 2019 as an Independent, Non Executive Director.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

An eminent Economist earned a degree in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics from the University of Oxford and Masters in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics. His publications can be found in a number of books and journal to evident his scholarly skills and also recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2019 for the outstanding contribution.  

Appointed to the Board :

Previously served on the Board of Directors of Sampath Bank PLC as a Non-Executive Director (2012-2017) and re-joined on 26th September 2019 as an Independent, Non-Executive Director. 

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board Marketing Committee. Member of Board Audit Committee, Board Integrated Risk Management Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee, Board HR & Remuneration Committee, Board Nomination Committee, Board Related Party Transaction Review Committee 

Current Appointments:

Independent Non Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Commission Member of the Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, Director of Sri Lankan Airlines, Research Director at Verite Research. 

Former Appointments:

Former member of Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, Chairman and Board Member of SC Securities (Pvt) Ltd, Board Member of Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) , Senior Economist of Hayleys Group and involved in establishing Hayleys Global Beverages.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience: 

Mr. Vajira Kulatilaka holds a BSc. in Civil Engineering with First Class Honors from the University of Moratuwa and a MSc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. He is also a Charted Financial Analyst (CFA) and has obtained Fellow Membership of the Charted Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

He counts over 35 years of experience in Banking and Finance and Capital Market operations in Sri Lanka. Mr. Kulatilaka served as the Director/CEO of the NDB Investment Banking Cluster, where he was adjudged the Best Investment Banking CEO Sri Lanka in 2014 and 2015 by Global Banking and Finance Review in recognition of his contribution to the investment banking field in Sri Lanka.

Mr. Kulatilaka served as the Chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2017, the Chairman of the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) from 2015 to 2017 and also as a council member of the University of Moratuwa from 2015 to 2019.

Appointed to the Board :

25th June 2020 as an Independent, Non Executive Director.