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Mr. E.D.P.
Soosaipillai
(Chairman , Non – Executive, Independent Director)
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Mr. D. Soosaipillai is a fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the
Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri
Lanka.
In a career spanning over 35 years in the
governance of financial and reporting systems both
at the operational and strategic levels, Mr
Soosaipillai brings to the table a core discipline
in finance, a core competency in Risk
Identification, Assessment and Management at
operational levels and Forward Risk Assessment at a
strategic level and three decades of experience in
senior management in the financial services
industry.
His decade and a half of board level
executive experience spans that of several leading
specialised leasing companies in the capacity of
Finance Director, Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director, whilst his experience as a
Non-Executive Director includes the boards of LFC’s,
a Systemically Important LCB and Regional Plantation
Companies.
He is currently an Independent Non-Executive
Director on the Board of Finlays Colombo Ltd. and
chairs the Board Audit Committee of the Company.
Mr Soosaipillai previously served on the
Board of Hatton National Bank PLC as an Independent
non- executive Director, principally as Chair of the
Board Integrated Risk Management Committee and the
Board Procurement Committee as well as an active
member of the Board Strategy & Investment Committee,
the Board Recoveries Committee and the Board Human
Resources and Remuneration Committee
Appointed as an Independent Non-Executive
Director of Commercial Credit and Finance PLC in
January 2014, he was elected Chairman in March 2020,
until his resignation from the Board in November
2022. During his Chairmanship at Commercial Credit
and Finance PLC he chaired the Board Nomination
Committee and the Board Remuneration Committee. He
previously chaired the Board Audit Committee and was
an active member of the Board Integrated Risk
Management Committee and the Board Related Party
Transactions Review Committee
He was briefly engaged by the World Bank as
a Short Term Consultant on a Payables Assessment
assignment in the Maldives as part of a wider Public
Finance Management project in 2012. Mr. Soosaipillai
also served as the Managing Director of the Maldives
Finance Leasing Company (Private) Limited for more
than 7 years and as the Chief Executive Officer of
Ceylease Financial Services Limited, a subsidiary of
the Bank of Ceylon, prior to that.
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Professor A. Jayamaha
(Non – Executive, Independent Director)
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Professor Ariyarathna Jayamaha, Professor of
Accounting in the Department of Accountancy,
University of Kelaniya and at present he is the Dean of
the Faculty of Graduate Studies of the
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Over the 35 years of service in the University
of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Professor Jayamaha served
as the Head of the Department of Human Resource
Management, Head of the Department of
Accountancy and Coordinator of the Master of Business
Administration programme in the
Faculty of Commerce and Management studies, University
of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. In 2005, he
proceeded to the University of Southern Queensland,
Australia, for his Doctoral studies, and in
2010 he was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
His PhD research at the University of
Southern Queensland, Australia, was on the “Accounting
and Financial Practices and Efficiency
of Small Financial Institutions in Sri Lanka. Professor
Jayamha’s work has focused on the
efficiency of small and medium size enterprises in Sri
Lanka. His finding is presented in national
and international Conferences and published in many peer
reviewed local and international
journals and cited by many researches around the World.
Professor Jayamaha is also a Fellow Member of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri
Lanka and practitioner and precedent partner of
Jayamaha, Pushpakumara and Company. As a
qualified Chartered Accountant he discharged his duties
as a consultant for various types of
extension programs and thereby he would be able to
contribute policy making endeavours for
the National Education system of Sri Lanka. Further,
Prof. Jayamaha renders his service as a
reviewer of the institutional review of Sri Lankan
Universities and higher educational institutions
conducted by the University Grant Commission in Sri
Lanka and Director Board member of Sri
Lanka Accounting and Auditing Monitoring Board.
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Mr. P. M. K. Hettiarachchi
(Non – Executive, Independent Director)
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Mr. Manjula Hettiarachchi, Additional Director
General, Department of Development Finance, Ministry of
Finance, Sri Lanka, has served in the public sector for
twenty years, beginning in 2002 as an Assistant Director
of the Sri Lanka Planning Service. Additionally, he is
performing the duties of the National Insurance Trust
Fund Board's Chief Executive Officer and the Project
Director for the ADB-funded Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises Line of Credit (SMELoC) Project.
Mr. Hettiarachchi holds a Master's Degree in
International Development Economics from the
International University of Japan and a Bachelor's
Degree (B.Sc.) in Management from Sri Jayawardenapura
University in Sri Lanka. Additionally, he has obtained
two Post Graduate Diplomas in Development Economics from
the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka and the Institute
of Development Economics in Chiba, Japan. Further, he
holds a Certificate of Intermediate Banking Studies from
the Institute of Banking Studies.
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Mr. W. M. Ananda
(Non – Executive, Independent Director)
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Mr. W.M. Ananda (Special Grade SLAS Officer) is
presently working as the Additional Secretary (Housing &
Development) in the State Ministry of Rural Housing and
Construction and Building Materials Industries
Promotion. He started his career as an Assistant
Director of Establishments in the Ministry of Public
Administration in 1998.
He held many posts as an Assistant Divisional
Secretary of Pasbagekorale & Doluwa, in Kandy district.
Then he was attached to the Central Provincial council
and held many posts, such as Assistant Secretary and
Cooperative Commissioner of the Central Province.
Thereafter he held Division Secretary posts of Wilgamuwa
and Pallepola in Mathale district and Nuwara eliya in
Nuwara eliya district. Then he served as the Secretary
to the Uva Provincial council.
He holds Bachelor of Science Degree from
University of Peradeniya, Post Graduate Diploma in
Management Studies from University of Peradeniya, Master
of Arts (Sociology) from University of Kelaniya.
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Mr. P. A. Lionel
(Non- Executive, Independent Director )
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Mr. Lionel was the former Senior Deputy General
Manager, Bank of Ceylon. Joined the Bank of Ceylon in
1983 as a management trainee after graduating from
university of Colombo. He is a career banker with nearly
40 years’ experience in banking and financial services.
He held the positions of senior Deputy General Manager
(treasury, investment and international operation),
Deputy General Manager (human resources) and Deputy
General Manager (investment banking) of Bank of Ceylon.
He was the chairman of the investment committee of Bank
of Ceylon from 2011 to 2014.
He received broad experience and extensive
training in treasury management and Forex dealing in
London in the year 1988 to 1989.Further, he headed the
treasury of Bank of Ceylon Karachi during the period
from 1998 to 2001.He was a member of the Credit
Committee and Asset and Liability Management Committee
for 10 years and specialized in cross border funding and
cross selling of financial instruments. He has a 20
years’ experience in primary and secondary market of
government securities and he held the position of CEO of
the Primary Dealer Unit of BOC.
Under his leadership, BOC treasury achieved
several milestones. Two issuance of USD 500 million
bonds each in 2012 and 2013 and this is the first ever
largest international bond issuance by a Sri Lankan
bank. First ever USD debenture in Sri Lanka and largest
debenture issue for a government institution (UDA) were
also structured by him. During that period, he
structured several large foreign currency syndicate
Loans with several foreign banks to mobilize foreign
funds to Sri Lanka.
Mr. Lionel joined the Corporate Management of
National Savings Bank in the year 2015 after retirement
from BOC and functioned as the Head of the Treasury and
the Asset Management Division for three years. Under his
guidance, Treasury and Forex activities of National
Savings Bank were set up and able to show their presence
in the forex market.
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Mr. D. M. M. Maduranga
Wijayarathna
(Non- Executive, Independent Director )
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Mr. D.M.M.Maduranga Wijayarathna (LL.B Hons -
University of Colombo) is presently working as
an Attorney at Law in Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and
Notary Public, Company Secretary ,
Commissioner for Oaths. He is a council member of the
BAR Association of Sri Lanka and a former
Secretary of the Moratuwa Lawyers Association.
As the President of the Sri Lanka Young Lawyers
Association, he engages in major civil and
political activities taking part as a professional and a
social activist and currently holding the post
of Vice President of Lawyers for Justice Association.
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Dr. Krishantha Pathiraja
(Non- Executive, Independent Director )
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Dr. Krishantha Pathiraja, Chairman of Palmyrah
Development Board, Ministry of Plantation, Sri Lanka,
has served in the private and public sector for eighteen
years, beginning in 2004. He served as Consultant,
Advisor in reputed private sector organizations and
currently working as Chairman of Palmyrah Development
Board, Brand Ambassador of LAKSALA, and he was appointed
to the Jaffna Development Committee(DCC).
And also he was appointed as a Scientific
Advisory Board Member to the DK International Research
Foundation in Tamilnadu, India in 10th January 2022.
Dr. Krishantha is specialized in Business
Administration, Strategic Management and Information
Technology.
Dr. Krishantha holds a Phd in Business
Administration from the Public University of California
and a Phd(Hons) in Information Technology from Global
Peace University India and Phd(Reading) in Strategic
Management from ICC University of Technology in
Cambodia. Additionally, he is Professional Member of
British Computer Society in UK, The Charted Institute of
Information Communication Technology and member of
National Computer Center UK.
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Mr. Rajiv Sooriyaarachchi
(Non - Executive / Non-Independent Director)
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Mr. Rajiv Sooriyaarachchi is the Chairman of the
National Housing Development Authority.
In addition, he is a member of Board Director Urban
Development Authority & Urban
Settlement Development Authority.
He was appointed as Vice-Chairman of Airport and
Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private)
Limited on December 2019. He brings in wealth of
experience of over 30 years and
extensive knowledge in the industries of Insurance and
Consumer Electronics and also in
International Business Administration. He was appointed
to the present position in December
2019 and ever since he plays a pivotal role in
overseeing administrative and operational
functions of all airports under AASL and works closely
with both local and international
industry key stakeholders while acting as a key
spokesman of AASL in dealing with media
organizations as he plays the role of only full-time
Executive Director of AASL other than
Chairman. He also serves as the Chairman of HR and
Remuneration Board sub-committee at
AASL.
Prior to being appointed as the Vice-Chairman of AASL,
Mr. Rajiv functioned as the
Chairman of Puttalam Salt Limited during 2010-2015. He
also has served as the Chairman of
the Cooperative Rural Bank Union Ltd - Gampaha during
2011-2015. He was also serving as
Vice Chairman of Cooplife Insurance Company Ltd since
2022 and holding directorship
positions in Cooperative Insurance Company Ltd since
2016 and Road Development
Authority from 2007 – 2010.
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