Pushing the Pace in
a Resurgent Sri Lanka
a Resurgent Sri Lanka
Mr Wijesinha is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Management Accountant FCMA (UK) and has an MBA. His experience in the financial services sector includes having been on the Boards of Sampath Bank PLC (as Deputy Chairman), Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC (as Managing Director), Employees’ Trust Fund Board (as Chairman), Merchant Credit of Sri Lanka Ltd. (as Chairman), Lanka Securities (Pvt) Ltd., DNH Financial (Pvt) Ltd., DFCC Vardhana Bank PLC, Colombo Stock Exchange and Siyapatha Finance PLC.
A former Chairman and MD of Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC, he has held directorships in many other Government and private sector organizations including Sri Lankan Airlines Ltd., MILCO, Colombo Dockyard, Sri Lanka Standards Institution, State Plantations Corporation, National Institute of Plantation Management, Maturata Plantations Ltd. and Asiri Surgical Hospitals PLC.
He is currently Managing Director of BizEx Consulting (Pvt) Ltd., Chairman, Watawala Plantations PLC, Chairman, United Motors Lanka PLC, Director, Siyapatha Finance PLC, Director, Sampath Centre Ltd. and Director National Institute of Business Management. He is also the Immediate Past Chairman, Employers’ Federation of Ceylon and Immediate Past President, National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka. He serves as a member of the National Labour Advisory Council.
Mr. Wijesinha has served the Bank for over a year as a Director.
Mr Pathirage is one of the co-founders of Softlogic and was appointed as Chairman of Softlogic in 2000. He was appointed as Deputy Chairman of National Development Bank PLC in 2011. He is also Chairman/Managing Director of Asiri Hospital chain, Softlogic Capital PLC, Softlogic Finance PLC, Asian Alliance Insurance PLC and Odel PLC which are listed in addition to the private companies of the Group operating in Leisure and Restaurants, Retail, Automobile and ICT industries. Due to his business acumen and corporate leadership he is one of the top business leaders in the country.
Mr Pathirage has served the Bank for over four (4) years as a Director.
Mr Theagarajah joined the Group from one of the largest private sector banks in Sri Lanka where he was the CEO for several years. Prior to being appointed as the Chief Executive Officer at the said bank, Mr Theagarajah had been a member of the Corporate Management Team of that bank for nearly eight years.
Mr Theagarajah counts over 30 years of experience in banking, including overseas experience. He had been with Chase Manhattan Bank (now known as JP Morgan Chase) in London and had served in the European, Middle Eastern and African Area Office.
Mr Theagarajah is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), United Kingdom. He also holds a MBA from the Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom.
His contribution and expertise has also been extended through many professional bodies. He was a past Chairman of Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (Guarantee) Ltd., Chairman of Asian Banks Association and a former Director of the Colombo Stock Exchange. He was the first Sri Lankan to assume chairmanship of the Asian Banks’ Association from November 1, 2010 for a two-year tenure.
He is also a former member of the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board, Deputy Vice-Chairman of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Immediate Past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) Sri Lanka Governing Board. He is also Sri Lanka’s representative in the CIMA UK’s Global Council. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Carson Cumberbatch PLC and several companies in the NDB Group.
Mr Theagarajah has served the Bank for over a year as a Director/Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Jayasekera is the Group Finance Director of Brandix Lanka Ltd. and is responsible for the overall finance function of the Group, as well as its related support functions. Mr Jayasekera brings with him a wealth of experience in international banking and finance, having worked at Arab Bank Ltd. in Bahrain, Deutsche Bank, Colombo and Aitken Spence & Co. He is a Fellow Member of The Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. He is a Non-Executive Director of John Keells Hotels PLC.
Mr Jayasekera has served the Bank for over four (4) years as a Director.
Mr Wikramanayake is a Chartered Accountant. He has worked previously with the Bank of Butterfield, a Bermuda-based international bank for 19 years, where he reached the position of Executive Vice-President. Since returning to Sri Lanka, he has been the Chief Executive Officer of Union Assurance Ltd. and the President of the Insurance Association of Sri Lanka in 2002. He is currently engaged in providing consultancy services to the Financial Services and ICT Industries. In addition to his role as a Director of National Development Bank PLC Mr Wikramanayake is also a Director to several other companies including, NDB Capital Holdings PLC (de-listed), Orient Finance PLC, Bartleet Finance PLC, NDB Investment Bank Ltd. and NDB Wealth Management Ltd.
Mr Wikramanayke has served the Bank for over four (4) years as a Director.
Mrs Fernando is an Attorney-at-Law, and also a Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn, UK. She holds LL.B. (Hons.) from London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK and successfully completed the Postgraduate Certificate Course in Human Resources Management at the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Sri Lanka.
Counting over 25 years of experience in the banking industry in Sri Lanka and in Germany, Mrs Fernando was seconded to Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt and thereafter worked at Standard Chartered Bank. She joined Pan Asia Bank as a Director in March 2008 and functioned as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank until 2009 when she was also Director of Lanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd., Director and Management Committee member of Waters Edge and member Sri Lanka Bankers’ Association. Currently, whilst serving as a Director of National Development Bank PLC, she also serves as a Director of L B Finance PLC, Valibel One PLC and Delmege Ltd.
Mrs Fernando has served the Bank for over four (4) years as a Director.
Mr Siriwardena holds a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from the University of Kelaniya and an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
He is a member of numerous professional bodies, including the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing, the Sri Lanka Institute of Biology and the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Sciences.
Mr Siriwardena was the past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Television Network Ltd., and has been the Secretary to the Ministry of Co-operatives and Internal Trade, the Ministry of Coconut Development and Janatha Estate Development and Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Government of Sri Lanka.
He currently functions as a management consultant. Mr Siriwardena is a Platinum Honour Awardee of the Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni Association for his outstanding performance in the field of Management. In 2014 he received the University of Kelaniya outstanding Government Services Appreciation award in recognising the service rendered to the nation.
Mr Siriwardena has served the Bank for over four (4) years as a Director.
Ms Ekanayake is the nominee of the Ministry of Finance and Planning. She has been a Member of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service since 1984. Presently, she is the Director General of the Department of National Budget of the Ministry of Finance and Planning. Previously, she has held several senior managerial positions in the Treasury as Director - Economic Affairs, Controller of Insurance, Additional Director General - Department of External Resources and Director General - Department of Trade, Tariff and Investment Policy over a span of about 25 years of her service. Ms Ekanayake holds a Science Special Degree from the University of Kelaniya, an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) Sri Lanka and Postgraduate Diploma in the fields of Development Planning Techniques (ISS, The Hague), International Relations (BCIS, Colombo) and Economic Development (University of Colombo).
Ms Ekanayake has served the Bank for over three (3) years as a Director.
Mr Rajapakse is the Managing Partner of BDO Partners, a firm of Chartered Accountants and counts over 31 years of experience with the firm. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Sri Lanka and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Mr Rajapakse is the immediate past President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL). He is currently serving as a Non-Executive Independent Director at Asian Alliance PLC, Haycarb PLC and Dipped Products PLC, Sanken PB Developers (Pvt) Ltd. and as the Deputy Chairman of The Finance Company PLC. He is also the Chairman of NDB Capital Ltd, Bangladesh and a Director of Development Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.
He has held numerous honorary positions over the years and has functioned as a Board Member of First Capital Group and the Treasurer of Sri Lanka Cricket.
Mr Rajapakse has served the Bank for over three (3) years as a Director.
Mrs Sugathadasa was appointed as a Director of the Bank in the year 2013.
Mrs Sugathadasa had an illustrious career in the public service, having joined the Sri Lanka Administrative Service in the year in 1977 and reaching the helm in the service as a Permanent Secretary.
Among other senior positions she held, she served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Child Development and Women's Affairs and Ministry of Plantation Industries. After retiring from mainstream public service, she was appointed as Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and the Insurance Board of Sri Lanka (IBSL). At present, she holds the position of the Chairperson of the Insurance Board of Sri Lanka.
Mrs Sugathadasa, a past pupil of Musaeus College, Colombo has a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree from the University of Colombo and Master’s Degree (MPA/MBA) from Monash University, Australia.
She was awarded the prestigious Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship (Fulbright) by the United States Government in 1990 and was attached to the City University of New York during her Fellowship period of one year.
She has received many accolades, including the Australian Alumni Excellence Award in 2013.
Mrs Sugathadasa has participated in numerous conferences and consultancies both locally and internationally and is a sought-after speaker in the domains of Women's Affairs, Plantations and Insurance.
Mrs Sugathadasa is a Trustee of Musaeus College and the current President of the Sri Lanka Association of Australia Awards Alumni (SLAAAA).
Mrs Sugathadasa has served the Bank for over a year as a Director.
Ms Ranasinghe holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Degree from the University of Colombo and is an Attorney-at-Law who counts over twenty years experience at NDB. She was appointed as the Secretary to the Board in April 2012. She apprenticed at Messrs F J & G De Saram, Attorneys-at-Law prior to joining NDB.