Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Mr Amarasekera, President's Counsel is an eminent legal practitioner in Sri Lanka with a wide practice in both the Commercial Courts as well as the Appellate Courts. His areas of expertise include Commercial Law, Business Law, Securities Law, Banking Law and Intellectual Property Law. Mr. Amarasekera also has significant experience in arbitration and cross-national disputes. Mr Amarasekera, was admitted to the Bar in November 1987 and took oaths as a President’s Counsel in November 2012. 

Appointed to the Board:

18th August 2020 as a Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director and appointed as Chairman on 30th August 2020. 

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board Strategic Planning Committee. Member of Board Nomination Committee, Board Marketing Committee and Board Capital Planning Committee. 

Current Appointments:

Chairman of Sampath Bank PLC, CIC Holdings PLC, Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC, CIC Agri Business (Private) Limited and Swisstek Aluminum Limited. Deputy Chairman of Vallibel Power Erathna PLC and a Director of Vallibel One PLC, Expolanka Holdings PLC, Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC, Ambeon Capital PLC, Amaya Leisure PLC, Galle Face Management Company (Pvt) Ltd, Link Natural Products (Pvt) Ltd, The Hill Club Company Limited, Millennium Airlines (Pvt) Ltd, Millennium Investmets Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Ceylon Hotels Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Handhuvaru Ocean Holiday Private Limited and Silver Aisle (Pvt) Ltd.

Former Appointments:

Chairman of Asia Capital PLC, Asian Alliance PLC, Chemanex PLC, Bensons (Pvt) Ltd and Director of Keells Food Production PLC, Delmege (Pvt) Ltd and Amana Bank 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 IT Committee, Board Treasury Committee, Board Marketing Committee and Board Capital Planning Committee.  

Current Appointments: 

Managing Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Director of Lanka Financial Services Bureau Ltd, Lanka Bangla Finance Limited 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, Director of SC Securities (Pvt) Ltd and Lanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd. 

Skills & Experience:

Dedicated professional with a solid background in Management Accounting, Marketing and Sales. An Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK (ACMA). Strategic and creative thinker who has proven his 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. An alumnus of Harvard Business School (USA).

Appointed to the Board:

01st September 2017 as a Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director and appointed as Deputy Chairman on 24th September 2020. 

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board Shareholder Relations Committee and Board Capital Planning Committee. Member of Board Credit Committee, Board Nomination Committee, Board Treasury Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee, Board Marketing Committee, and Board IT Committee. 

Current Appointments:

Deputy Chairman of Sampath Bank PLC and Siyapatha Finance PLC. Chairman of Braybrooke Residential Properties (Pvt) Ltd, Braybrooke Residential Towers (Pvt) Ltd and Indra Hotels and Resorts Kandy (Pvt) Ltd. Managing Director of Indra Traders (Pvt) Ltd, a Director of Indra Motor Spares (Pvt) Ltd, Indra Property Development (Pvt) Ltd and Sampath Centre Limited. 

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 from the London School of Economics. His publications can be found in a number of books and journals and also recognised by the World Economic Forum as a ‘Young Global Leader’ in 2019. 

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. Became Senior Independent Director (SID) on 24th September 2020.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board Integrated Risk Management Committee. Member of Board Audit Committee, Board Shareholder Relations Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee, Board Marketing Committee, Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee, Board Nomination Committee, Board Related Party Transaction Review Committee and Board Treasury Committee. 

Current Appointments:

Senior Independent Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Non-Executive Director of Capital Alliance Investments (Pvt) Ltd and Research Director at Verite Research (Pvt) Ltd.

Former Appointments:

Commission Member of the Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, Director of Sri Lankan Airlines, Research Economist 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 Economic Advisor - Ministry of Finance. 

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

An 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). A senior finance/banking professional and a principal consultant who provides advisory services to companies globally to expand operations within Middle East, Sri Lanka and Australia. 

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. 

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board Audit Committee and Board Treasury Committee. Member of Board Integrated Risk Management Committee, Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee, Board Related Party Transaction Review Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee and Board Capital Planning Committee. 

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 and CEO/MD of Third Wave International W.L.L. Bahrain. 

Former Appointments:

Head of Finance and Global Market Operations of HSBC Group Bahrain offices and Board member of the Bahrain Asian Traders' Committee of Bahrain Chamber of Commerce.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

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

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.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairperson of Board Marketing Committee, Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee. Member of Board Credit Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee, Board IT Committee, Board Treasury Committee and Board Shareholder Relations Committee.

Current Appointments:

Independent, Non-Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, CEO of the Global Consulting Company, Vice President of Rotary Club of Colombo, Director of Hela Apparel Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Hela Clothing (Pvt) Ltd, Foundation Garments (Pvt) Ltd, FDN Sourcing (Pvt) Ltd and 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 and Lanka Software Foundation.

Founder of WSO2 and served as CEO and Chairman respectively.

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. 

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board IT Committee. Member of Board Audit Committee, Board Integrated Risk Management Committee, Board Related Party Transaction Review Committee and Board Strategic Planning Committee.

Current Appointments:

Independent, Non-Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, CEO/Director of WSO2 and Director of Lanka Software Foundation. 

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.

Appointed to the Board:

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

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

Chairman of Board Related Party Transaction Review Committee and Board Credit Committee. Member of Board Human Resources & Remuneration Committee, Board Strategic Planning Committee, Board IT Committee, Board Treasury Committee and Board Capital Planning Committee.

Current Appointments:

Independent, Non-Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC and Printcare PLC 

Former Appointments:

Chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange, Central Depository System (Pvt) Ltd, South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) and also as a Council Member of the University of Moratuwa. Director of Resus Energy PLC, Director/CEO of the NDB Capital Holding Ltd and Executive Director of NDB Zephyr Partners (Pvt) Ltd, NDB Zephyr Partners (Pvt) Ltd - Mauritius, NDB Wealth Management Ltd, NDB Securities (Pvt) Ltd, NDB Capital Ltd – Bangladesh and NDB Investment Bank. 

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Mrs. Keshini Jayawardena holds a BSc. (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. She counts over 28 years of experience in Banking and Finance. Mrs. Jayawardena has a deep understanding of the drivers and enablers for an operational excellence culture in organizations

Appointed to the Board:

01st October 2020 as an Independent, Non-Executive Director.

Membership of Board Sub-Committees:

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

Current Appointments:

Independent, Non-Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC. Associate Consultant at Bridge Partnership, The Centre for Inclusive Leadership and Kinetik Solutions (UK based consultancies). Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

Former Appointments:

Chief Operations Officer of Nations Trust Bank and Head of Operations of HSBC Sri Lanka.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Mr. Vinod Hirdaramani was educated at Harrow School in the UK and holds a BA Degree from the Northwestern University in the United States. He is also an Alumnus of the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Hirdaramani has extensive experience in the field of management, apparel and energy sectors. He joined the Board of Directors of the Hirdaramani Group in 1993. Mr. Hirdaramani oversees the functions of the Knit facilities in both Sri Lanka and Vietnam, and is mainly involved in the investments the group made in the renewable energy sector. Mr. Hirdaramani also serves as a Director on many subsidiary companies of the Hirdaramani Group, which own 38 facilities across Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Ethiopia. He is a Member of the Young Presidents' Organization, where he served as the past Chapter Chair for the Sri Lanka Chapter.

Appointed to the Board:

16th February 2021 as an Independent, Non-Executive Director.

Current Appointments:

Independent, Non-Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, Executive Director of Hirdaramani Leisure Holdings (Private) Limited, Hirdaramani Apparel Holdings (Private) Limited, Hirdaramani Investment Holdings (Private) Limited, Hirdaramani International Exports (Private) Limited, Hirdaramani (Private) Limited, Hirdaramani Power (Private) Limited, Hirdaramani Mercury Apparel (Private) Limited, HI Fashion Holdings (Private) Limited, C K T Apparel (Private) Limited, Ceylon Knit Trend (Private) Limited, Long Island Clothing Company (Private) Limited, The Island Watch Company (Private) Limited, Rosewood (Private) Limited, Zenith Insurance Brokers (Private) Limited, Union Residencies (Private) Limited, Mandalay (Private) Limited and Lanka Environmental Fund. Non-Executive Director of Renewgen (Private) Limited and Windforce (Private) Limited.

Former Appointments:

Executive Director of Hirdaramani Properties (Private) Limited, H One (Private) Limited, Ecotels (Private) Limited, H- Connect (Private) Limited, Chatham Holdings (Private) Limited, Saaraketha Holdings (Private) Limited, Eco Leisure (Private) Limited and H One Bizready (Private) Limited. Non-Executive Director of Gurugoda Hydro (Private) Limited, Daily Life Renewable Energy (Private) Limited, Vidul Mathugeta (Private) Limited, Seguwantvu Wind Power (Private) Limited, Vidatamunai Wind Power (Private) Limited and Nirmalapura Wind Power (Private) Limited.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Mr de Vas Gunasekara is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow Member of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He counts over 27 years of postqualifying experience which includes 20 years at senior corporate management level in Insurance & Banking sectors.

Appointed to the Board:

29th October 2020 as an Executive Director.

Current Appointments:

Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of Sampath Bank PLC.

Former Appointments:

Director of Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standard Monitoring Board (SLAASMB), Chief Financial Officer of Hatton National Bank PLC, General Manager Finance & Corporate Services of HNB Assurance PLC, Finance Manager of Asian Alliance Insurance PLC and Accountant of James Finlay & Company (Colombo) Ltd.