~ Mr. B D W Ananda Silva [ Chairman ]
( Deputy Governor - Central Bank of Sri Lanka )

Mr. B D W A Silva has been in the Central Bank for over 28 years and has wide experience in the areas of Financial System Stability, Price Stability, Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy, External Trade, Balance of Payments and Inflation. Prior to this appointment he held the position of Deputy Director of Economic Research, Director of Bank Supervision and Assistant Governor.

Mr. Silva holds a MA Degree from University of Iowa, M.Sc. Degree from University of Illinois, USA and a B.Sc. Degree with a First Class from the University of Jaffna. While serving as a Director Bank Supervision, Mr. Silva has taken several initiatives to ensure safety and soundness of individual licensed banks and strengthen the existing prudential regulatory measures and implementing Corporate Governance. As the Assistant Governor, Mr. Silva supervised departments of Economic Research, Domestic Operations, International Operations and Employees Provident Fund. In the Price Stability area, Mr. Silva was instrumental in initiating prudent policy measures to maintain the economic and price stability in the country.

Mr. Silva has been a resource person at the University of Colombo, Centre for Banking Studies of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the Institute of Bankers in the fields of Economics, Statistics and Econometrics. He has also authored many articles in the area of economics. He has served in many Committees and Boards appointed by the Central Bank including the Credit Information Bureau, Standing Cabinet Appointed (Special) Procurement Committee (SCAPC)/Ministry of Petroleum, Rehabilitation of Embilipitiya Paper Mill and Kantale Sugar Factory and Asian Clearing Union.

~ Mrs. Yvette Fernando [ Director]
( Director Bank Supervision - Central Bank of Sri Lanka )

Currently, the Director of Bank Supervision of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Possess over 20 years of experience in operational and policy matters relating to implementation of regulatory and supervisory framework for licensed banks including market entry and exit, introducing new prudential regulations, taking regulatory actions, etc. Possess a B Com (Special) Degree from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura.

~ Ms.W.A. Nalani [ Director]
( General Manager - Bank of Ceylon )

Ms.W.A. Nalani, FIB, AIB (Sri Lanka), BA (Econ) Hons., B.Phil(Econ)., General Manager, Bank of Ceylon is a career banker with over 36 years diversified experience in Banking and financial services. She has been a Deputy General Manager/Senior Deputy General Manager/Additional General Manager for over 8 years.

She has been the Head of Corporate and Offshore Banking operations of Bank of Ceylon for nearly 06 years prior to being appointed as the General Manager.

She is a Non Executive nominee Director on the Boards of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka Plc., Credit Information Bureau, Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, BOC Property Development & Management (Private) Ltd., BOC Travels (Private) Limited, Ceybank Holiday Homes (Private) Limited, Hotels Colombo (1963) Limited, Ceybank Asset Management (Private)Limited, Lanka Clear (Private) Limited, BOC Management & Support Services (Pvt) Ltd., Lanka Financial Services Bureau Ltd. and Sri Lankan Airlines.

She serves as a Member on the Technical Evaluation Committees at Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.She was a co-winner of the “Zonta Award for Excellence” in banking category for year 2009.She is the President of the Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka. 

~ Mr. A.M. Chandrasagara[ Director]
( Director- HDFC Bank )

Member of the board Audit Committee. He is also a Director of HDFC Bank and functions as the chairman of the Board Audit Committee of HDFC Bank.

He has served as the Senior Deputy General Manager/Chief Internal Auditor of the Peoples Bank for a considerable period and has gained vast experience in the fields of General Banking, Accounting, Finance and Inspection.

~ Mr. Rohitha Ganegoda [ Director]
( Chief Operating Officer - Nations Trust Bank)

Mr. Ganegoda is Currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer of  Nations Trust Bank heading the Divisions of Information Technology, Central Operations, Credit Operations, Infrastructure & Administration of the Bank.

He has headed the Divisions of Central Operations, Credit Operations, Trade Services, Treasury Settlements, Compliance, Business Process Re-engineering Infrastructure & Administration of the Bank.

~ Mr.Indrajith Wickramasinghe [ Director]
(Chief Operating Officer - NDB Bank )

Mr.Indrajith Wickramasinghe holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, a Postgraduate Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK and is a Chartered Marketer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. Before joining NDB Bank nine years ago, he held the position of Head of Marketing at Reckitt & Colman of Ceylon Ltd. Mr Wickramasinghe has over 20 years experience in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Financial Service Sectors.

He is also a non-executive director of AVIVA NDB Insurance, NDB Stock Brokers (Pvt) Ltd., and Capital Development & Investment Company PLC.

~ Mr. N. Vasantha Kumar [ Director]
( General Manager - People's Bank )

Mr. N. Vasantha Kumar holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and counts  over 32 years experience in Treasury Management.  He joined the People’s Bank in March 2001, prior to which he served as the Treasurer of ANZ Grindlays Bank, Colombo for many years.

Mr. Kumar has re-engineered the Bank’s Treasury from a relatively support oriented service unit to a frontline revenue-earning business segment and has significantly enhanced the technical expertise and service quality that is delivered by the Treasury Team.

~Mr. Nishaman Karunapala [ Director]
(Assistant General Manager – Operations - [Orient Financial Services Corporation Limited] )

Mr.Nishaman Karunapala joined Orient Financial Services Corporation Limited in April 2003 and currently is in charge of Operations, Treasury, Risk Review and Corporate Planning of the Company.He received his MBA–(Banking & Finance), Postgraduate Level Diploma Certificate in Modern Commercial Banking and B.Sc in Business Administration (Special) degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He has also successfully completed the examination of the Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Financial Administration from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He holds membership of the Certified Management Accountants (Australia) and Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka. He also possesses a Advance Diploma in Management Accounting CIMA (UK).

His extensive working exposure in financial services industry is over 22 years including the areas of Financial and Management Accounting, Credit Evaluation, Recoveries, Operations, Marketing, IT Operations and General Management.

He currently serves as the Chairman of the Leasing Association of Sri Lanka (LASL) and Council Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management (SLICM).

~Mr. J.E.P.A de Silva [ Director]
( Chairman - Alliance Finance Co Ltd )

Chairman of Alliance Finance Co. PLC. First Sri Lankan to be honoured as a Fellow of the Institute of Credit Management, England. Honorary Consul of the Republic of Peru in Sri Lanka. Senior Chairman, Alliance Group of Companies. Director of several other Companies and Institutions.  President - Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management. Director representing Finance Companies on the Board of the Credit Information Bureau of  Sri  Lanka. Advisory Councillor - Committee of The Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka.

~ Mr. Gamini Karunaratne [ Director]
( General Manager - Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka )

Mr. Gamini Karunaratne is a retired Senior Banker with 40 years experience in Commercial Banking. At the time of retirement, he held the post of Senior Deputy General Manager International and Investment Banking with Hatton National Bank. During his career with HNB he served on the Boards of HNB Securities Ltd & HNB Stock Brokers Ltd. After his retirement from HNB he was appointed as a Director of DFCC Bank. He is a Past President of the Sri Lanka Forex Association. He is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and a Past President of its branch in Sri Lanka. He joined the Credit Information Bureau in June 2009 and continues to serve as its Director/ General Manager