About us

MS. SUJATHA COORAY - Chairperson

MR. HEMASIRI FERNANDO - Director

Possessing diverse experience, Mr. Fernando’s debut into the public sector was as Secretary to the Prime Minister. He later chaired Sri Lanka Telecom, Airport and Aviation Services and Telecom Services and has served as Secretary to the Ministry of Postal Services among other positions. His input as the longest serving President of the National Olympic Committee and in international offices, including as Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia and Commonwealth Games Federation, in addition to representing Sri Lanka in rifle shooting as national champion, makes him the apt choice for Presidential Advisor on Sports to Sri Lanka. He has a B.A (Econ) from the University of Colombo, is an Associate in the Institute of Travel and Tourism UK (A INST TT) and is a Fellow of the British Institute of Management (FBIM). He is also the Honorary Consul for the Kyrgyz Republic in Sri Lanka. His tenure in the Sri Lanka Navy (Volunteer Force) from which he retired with the rank of Commander having served in combat areas, deserves special mention. His association with Sri Lanka Railways led to the penning of two books, The Viceroy Special based on the steam locomotive he created for tourism in Sri Lanka and The Uva Railway. He has been conferred the OCA Award of Merit by the Olympic Council of Asia and the ANOC Award of Merit by the Association of National Olympic Committees.

MR. JEHAN P. AMARATUNGA - Director

Mr. Jehan Prasanna Amaratunga is the Executive Deputy Chairman of MTD Walkers PLC, Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. Mr. Amaratunga was awarded the First in Order of Merit Prize, at the final examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. Mr. Amaratunga currently serves as a Director of People’s Bank, People’s Leasing & Finance PLC, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) and JAT Holdings (Private) Limited. He is also the Chairman of People’s Insurance PLC and a member of the council of the University of Colombo. He counts over 25 years of experience in the fields of finance and management. Mr. Amaratunga has served as a consultant and Director to number of corporations and private business entities. At the National Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, he presented a paper titled “Value for Money Accounting” which is one of the many notable achievements that stand out in his career. He was also a member of the Governing Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.

MS. G.D. CHANDRA EKANAYAKE - Director

Ms. Ekanayake was appointed to the Board of the People’s Bank in February 2015, as a Non-Executive Director and is a member of the Board Audit Committee, the Board Risk Management Committee and the Board Investment Banking Committee.

Ms. Ekanayake is from the Sri Lanka Administrative Service and joined the Service in 1984. She was appointed as a Deputy Secretary to the Treasury on 09th March 2015 and continues in that position up to now. Prior to this appointment, she had held senior positions in the Treasury as Director of Economic Affairs, Controller of Insurance, Additional Director General Department of External Resources, Director General, Department of Trade, Tariff and Investment Policy and the Director General Department of National Budget.

Ms. Ekanayake holds a Science Special Degree from the University of Kelaniya and MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management 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). She represented the Treasury in the Council of the Asian Re-insurance Corporation from 2002 to 2013 and functioned as its Vice Chairman during the period 2008 to 2013. She also represented the Treasury on the Board of the NDB Bank from February 2011 until March, 2015. As at now, she represents the Treasury on the Board of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and the Board of Management of the Superior Courts Complex. Ms. Ekanayake was also appointed in May 2015 as the Chairman of MILODA, the Academy of Financial Studies, the training arm of the Ministry of Finance.

MR. K. Rajendran - Director

Mr. Rajendran was appointed to the directorate of the People’s Bank in April, 2015. He counts 35 years of experience in accounting, financial management, taxation and auditing.

Mr. Rajendran is a Fellow Member of Chartered Management Accountants UK, Chartered Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Presently he is the Group Finance Director of DMS Group of Companies.

Mr. Rajendran was the Rotary District Governor in the year 2000/2001, and a Council Member of CIMA.

MR. T.D. ANTON S. HEMANTHA - Director

Mr. Anton Hemantha is an entrepreneur. He is the owner and Chairman of Selmo Private Limited, a plastics film extruding, printing and laminate manufacturing company, since 1983. He was a member of the Board of the International Christian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) based in Orebro, Sweden and the Asian Regional Director of ICCC. Currently he is the president of the ALFPM, the Lamination Packaging Chamber in Sri Lanka and the Chairman of the Packaging Cluster of the EDB.

DR. AMINDA M. PERERA - Director

Dr. Aminda Methsila Perera is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Management at the Department of Accountancy, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. He had his early education at St. Thomas’ College, Matale and he pursued higher studies at the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and has obtained a B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Public Administration.

Dr. Perera has obtained his first Master’s Degree in Business Administration in the field of International Finance from IGNOU India and a second Master’s Degree in Business Administration in the field of marketing from the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. He completed his PhD degree on consumer behavior at the same university. He has also followed a Diploma Program in NGO Staff Management, conducted by the Klasnoff Academy, Germany in 1998.

During his career, Dr. Perera has served in a number of private and state organizations in different capacities. Currently he serves as a Director at the Civil Aviation Authority, the National Library and Documentation Board and Pride of Ceylon (Pvt.) Limited. In addition, he is the Sri Lankan representative of AKSAP International of Australia.

Dr. Perera was appointed to the Board of Directors of People’s Bank with effect from 2nd November 2015.

MR. N. VASANTHA KUMAR - Chief Executive Officer/General Manager

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Mr. N. Vasantha Kumar holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Diploma in Professional Treasury Management. He joined People’s Bank in March 2001, prior to which he served as Treasurer at ANZ Grindlay’s Bank, Colombo for many years. He is a Director of People’s Leasing Merchant Finance PLC, People’s Travels (Pvt) Ltd., People’s Insurance Ltd., People’s Property Development Ltd., People’s Leasing Havelock Property Ltd., Credit Information Bureau and the National Payment Council, Lanka Financial Services Bureau Ltd., and Lanka Alliance Finance Ltd. – Bangladesh. He is a member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. He is a Past President of the Association of Primary Dealers and Sri Lanka Forex Association.

MR. K.B. RAJAPAKSE - Senior Deputy General Manager - Retail Banking

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Mr. Rajapakse is Senior Deputy General Manager to the Retail Banking, Process Management and Quality Assurance and Digitalization of the Bank. He joined the Bank in 1987 as a Management Trainee and counts 31 years of experience in the People’s Bank. He holds a Second Class Honours Degree (BSc) in Public Administration, Fellow of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, Attorney at-Law of Sri Lanka, Diploma of Institute of Credit Management of Sri Lanka and Postgraduate Diploma of Management and IT at University of Kelaniya. He has gained wide experience in various management level capacities in branch network in the Bank and Corporate Banking Division and at present serves as Senior Deputy General Manager (Retail Banking) of the Bank. Mr. Rajapakse serves as a Director of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, an Alternate Director of the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka, Director of Regional Development Bank and Director of Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board and also a council member of Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka.

MR. M.A. BONNIFACE SILVA - Senior Deputy General Manager - Banking Operations

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Mr. Silva joined the Bank in 1987 and counts over 30 years of experience and deep-rooted knowledge in banking operations. Being the Senior Deputy General Manager – Banking Operations, Mr. Silva oversees the functions of four main Divisions preside over by separate heads responsible for the activities of Channel Management division, the regulatory unit of the branch network of 737 and 500-plus supplementary network composed of ATMs, CDMs and Kiosks, Marketing and Research, Information Technology and Support Services division. Mr. Silva’s career experience encompasses managing branch business banking at all levels starting from Branch Manager, to Regional Manager, to Zonal Assistant General Manager, to Deputy General Manager and his present functions as the Senior Deputy General Manager – Banking Operations. With extensive local and international training/exposure on the subject matter of his specialty, Mr. Silva is a Degree holder (BA) from the University of Peradeniya and has a professional banking qualification AIB -Sri Lanka. He is also an Associate Member of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

MR. G.B.R.P. GUNAWARDANA - Senior Deputy Genaral Manager - Business Banking

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Mr. Rasitha Gunawardana counts over 30 years of service at People’s Bank. He joined the Bank as a Senior Finance Officer in 1987. He has gained extensive experience in Finance, Performance Management, Corporate and Commercial Credit, Treasury Operations, Credit Control and Risk Management Prior to joining People’s Bank he had gained experience in both private and public sectors in industries covering travel and hotels, plantation management and construction. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).

MS. CHANDANI WERAPITIYA - Senior Deputy General Manager - Strategic Planning, Performance Management & Research

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Ms. Chandani Werapitiya Senior Deputy General Manager – Strategic Planning, Performance Management & Research, oversee the performance of the entire Bank functions for the outshined contribution. She is a professionally qualified dynamic, results orientated senior banker who has been contributed to the Bank industry in difficult tasks over a period of 31 years as the author/publisher of peer review journal articles, presenter/panelist in the international banking forums and a lecturer. She has been contributed to the Bank in different functions including Corporate and Institutional Banking, International Banking, Project Lending, SMI, Special Legal Assignments, large scale loan recovery, Leasing, Branch Operations and Channel Management. She joined as a Management Trainee in June, 1987, after completing her first Degree in B.Sc Business Administration with a Second Class Upper Division in 1985, completed her Masters in Management in 2000. She joined the Bank after completing her successful career in the Private Sector as the Area Sales Manager and Audit/Tax Supervisor. She is currently reading for the PhD in Management. She was the Deputy Chairperson of International Chamber of Commerce, Director RDB, and the committee member of Sri Lanka Handicraft Board over three consecutive years and currently holds the position as a member of the governing body at Institute of Bankers Sri Lanka and as a member of Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

MR. ROHAN PATHIRAGE - Senior Deputy General Manager - HR & Legal/Secretary to the Board of Directors

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Mr. Pathirage counts over 23 years of service at the Bank. He holds a Law Degree (LLB) from the University of Colombo and Master’s Degree in Bank Management from Massey University, New Zealand. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Banking. He is an Attorney-at-Law. He is also the Company Secretary of People’s Leasing & Finance PLC, People’s Insurance Ltd., People’s Fleet Management Ltd., People’s Property Development Ltd., and People’s Travel’s (Pvt) Ltd.

MRS. G.P.R. JAYASINGHE - Deputy General Manager - Process Management & Quality Assurance

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Ms. Renuka Jayasinghe joined the Bank in 1987 as a Management Trainee and counts over 30 years of experience in the field of banking. During her career, she has covered the Branch Banking Area at the levels of Branch Manager, Zonal Senior Manager, Regional Manager and Asst. General Manager, Deputy General Manager (Co-operative and Development) and Deputy General Manager (Retail Banking). Presently, she is working as the Deputy General Manager (Process Management and Quality Assurance). She holds a First Class Special Degree in B.Com from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and has a professional banking qualification (AIB), Sri Lanka. She is a Life Member of Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka and the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

MR. CLIVE FONSEKA - Head Of Treasury & Investment Banking

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Mr. Fonseka is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Postgraduate Institute of Management of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He has received a Distinction for the ACI Dealing Certificate and counts more than 24 years experience in Treasury Management. Furthermore he is a Certified Member (CMA) of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Australia. He joined People’s Bank in 2002, prior to which he served at American Express Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. He has been a member of People’s Bank’s Senior Corporate Management Team from November 2011.

MR. B.M. PREMANATH - Deputy General Manager - Banking Support Services

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Mr. B.M. Premanath joined People’s Bank in 1987 as a Management Trainee and has served over 30 years in several areas in Branch Banking as a Branch Manager, Regional Manager and Assistant General Manager. Presently serves as the Deputy General Manager (Banking Support Services) which heads six units including Supplies, Transport, Security, Maintenance Engineering, Building Engineering and Desk Top Publishing which gave vast experience in Procurement , Supplies, Stores and Inventory Control, transport and security procedure together with fields of construction and maintenance. He holds a 2nd Upper Degree in B.Com from the University of Colombo and AIB Intermediate Sri Lanka. During his banking career, he has participated in various exposure programmes both locally and internationally.

MR. LIONEL GALAGEDARA - Deputy General Manager - Channel Management

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Mr. Lionel Galagedara is in-charge of Retail Banking Division of the Bank. He joined the Bank as a Management Trainee and counts over 30 years of service at the Bank. His variety of experience covers the areas of retail banking, corporate banking, project financing, credit administration and recoveries. He holds a B.Com (Special) Degree from University of Sri Jayewardenepura and an (LLB) Degree from the Open University of Sri Lanka. He is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and an Attorney-at-Law.

MR. P.S.A. EDIRISINGHE - Head of Information Technology

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Mr. Edirisinghe joined the Bank on 2nd February 2015 as the Head of Information Technology. He holds Bachelor of Commerce (Major in Information Systems) and Master of Commerce from University of Western Sydney, Australia. Mr. Edirisinghe has been in the field of IT for 20 years spanning various business sectors including Insurance, Banking and Telecommunication. Prior to joining People’s Bank, he has been attached to Citibank Limited Singapore as Project Management Officer. Throughout his professional career, he has held positions from Analyst Programmer to Chief Information Officer in flagship companies such as Citibank (Australia, Singapore), AON Limited Australia, Clarity International Limited Singapore and Sri Lanka Telecom.

MR. SUNIL WANNIARACHCHI - Deputy General Manager - Recoveries

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Mr. Sunil Wanniarachchi joined People’s Bank in 1987 as a Management Trainee and worked in several areas including Branch Banking, SMI Lending, International Banking, Trade Financing and Leasing. He has gained vast experience in lending, Offshore Banking activities and Loan Recoveries. He holds a B.Sc (Special) Degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and soon after the graduation, he worked there as a Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry. He too obtained his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Colombo. He is an Associate of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. Recently, he held the positions of President and Senior Vice-President in professional bodies such as Association of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and Trade Finance Association of Bankers respectively. He is also a member of the Governing Board of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka for a period of three years effective from 1st February 2017. He also contributes his knowledge, skills and experience as a member of several internal and external committees such as Technical Evaluation Committee of Ministry of Power and Energy, internal Committees including procurement, disciplinary, price negotiations, Staff Transfer Appeal and Redressing Employee Concerns.

MS. S. PRATHAPASINGHE - Deputy General Manager - International Banking

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Ms. Shobani Prathapasinghe joined the People’s Bank in 1990 and has over 27 years of experience. She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – UK (ACMA/CGMA) and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants – Sri Lanka. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Western Sydney (Australia) and a Master’s Degree in Financial Economics (MAFE) from the University of Colombo. She has gained wide experience in the areas of SME Project financing, Management/Financial Accounting, Management Information, Performance Management, Corporate Banking, Commercial Credit and International Banking. Prior to joining the People’s Bank, she has worked both in the Public and the Private sectors and has gathered experiences mainly in Merchant Banking activities by working in the People’s Merchant Bank and the Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka Ltd.

MR. R. KODITUWAKKU - Deputy General Manager - Digitalization

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Mr. Ranjith Kodituwakku has over 35 years of banking experience in a wide spectrum of areas covering Branch Banking, Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking, Off-Shore Banking and International Banking. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Colombo and is an Associate of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

MRS. ARUNI GOONETILLEKE - Head of Corporate Banking

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Ms. Aruni Goonetilleke has over 24 years of global and regional banking experience in Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, SME, Branch Banking, Risk Management and Audit. Immediately prior to joining People’s Bank, she was the Head of Credit for Commercial Banking at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore and the Chief Risk officer of Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka. She has a Masters in Law from Harvard Law School, USA and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from University of Colombo. Ms. Goonetilleke was a founder member of the Association of Banking Sector Risk Professionals, EXCO member of the Women’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce and a member of the Finance Steering Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. She is an Associate Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, was on the EXCO of the Harvard Club of Singapore and is a Board Director of the Overseas Schools of Colombo. She was also a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Department of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo.

MR. AZZAM A AHAMAT - Head of finance

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Mr. Ahamat joined People’s Bank in January 2017. He has over 16 years experience both locally and internationally across strategic financial management, alternate investments and enterprise risk. His prior employers include some of the largest multi-national professional service firms and other Tier I service providers in respective market spaces. He benefits from being a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (UK), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), Certified Practicing Accountants (AUST.), Institute of Risk Management (UK) and Chartered Institute of Credit Management (UK).

MR. E A D J PRIYASHANTHA - Chief Internal Auditor

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Mr. Janitha Priyashantha is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and an Associate Member of IBSL and a Certified Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants Australia and holds a B.Com Special Degree with a Second Class upper Division. He has commenced his career at Export Development Board in 1988 and joined the Auditor Generals Department as an Audit Examiner in the same year. In 1991 he has joined the Government accountant’s service as an Accountant prior to joining the Bank in 1994 as a Management Trainee. After serving in the branch network for six years, he has joined the Internal Audit Department in the year 2000. He has gained wide experience in internal auditing with local and overseas exposures.

MS. M.A.D.M. KARUNARATHNE - Additional Chief Law Officer

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Ms. Muditha Karunarathne is an Attorneyat-Law with over 30 years experience holding a “Post Attorney’s Diploma in Banking and Insurance” and was the winner of the Banking Law price (2007). Soon after passing out as an Attorneyat-Law she joined the Chambers of late Mr. J.E.P. Deraniyagala President’s Counsel and thereafter worked as an Assistant to Chief Law Officer and the Company Secretary to the Browns Group of Companies. She joined People’s Bank as an Asst. Law Officer in 1992 and handled legal work in Kalutara and Galle Regions, Head Office – Legal Department and as the Head of the Land Redemption Department. She was promoted to the position of Senior Law Officer in 2006 and as a Senior Law Officer, supervised the legal work in Legal Department, Head Office and North and North-Eastern Provinces. In 2007 she joined the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat, the Regulatory Authority of Upstream Oil & Gas Industry in Sri Lanka which functions under the Ministry, as the Director Legal and Land and during this era she served as the Secretary to the Petroleum Resources Development Committee. During her over thirty years experience as an Attorney at-Law, she gained immense exposure by participating in many local and international programmes, events and forums.

MRS. V.K. NARANGODA - DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER - ENTERPRISE BANKING

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Mrs. Krishani Narangoda joined the People’s Bank in 1987 as a Management Trainee and counts over 31 years of service in the Bank. She covered the areas of Branch Banking, Overseas Customer Services, Off-Shore Banking and Corporate Banking under various management capacities and presently serves as Deputy General Manager and covers the areas of SME, Development Finance and Micro Finance.

She holds an Honours Degree (BSc. Business Administration with Second Class Upper Division) from the University Of Sri Jayewardenepura and Master’s Degree in Business Studies from the faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo. She is also an associate member of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and Institute of Credit Management of Sri Lanka. She obtained an Advance Certificate in Customer Relationship Management from the Post Graduate Institute of Management at University of Sri Jayawardenapura.

During her Banking career Mrs. Narangoda has participated in various Banking /Management programs both locally and internationally. She is the Bank representative of Association of professional Bankers and registered as an examiner of Institute of bankers of Sri Lanka.

MR. P.R.S JAYATISSA - DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER - HUMAN RESOURCES

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Mr. P.R.S Jayatissa joined the Bank in year 1990 as a management trainee and he counts over 27 years of experience in the Bank, covering the Branch operations in the Branch network and Human Resources aspects. His professional experience, which spans over 17 years specifically in Human Resources with extensive knowledge in Human Resources Administration, includes sound industrial relationship management.

He has been exposed to both international and domestic training programmes with relevance to Human Resources. Mr. Jayatissa is currently overseeing the duties as the Deputy General Manager – Human Resources of the Bank. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Special) degree offered by the University of Colombo. He has the Professional Banking qualification AIB- Sri Lanka and associate membership of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. Mr. Jayatissa also possesses an Advanced Diploma in English Language for Administration and Academic purpose from the University of Colombo.

MRS. P.S.J. KURUKULASOORIYA - DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER - RETAIL BANKING

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Ms.P.S.J. Kurukulasooriya joined the bank, as a Management Trainee in March 1994 and counts over 24 years of experience in banking field. Ms. Kurukulasooriya’s experience encompasses managing branch business banking at the levels of Branch Manager, Senior Manager and Senior Zonal Manager. She was promoted to the grade of Chief Manager in 2009 and performed duties as the Chief Manager-Training at Staff Training College. She was promoted to the grade of Assistant General Manager in 2011 and functioned in the areas of Human Resources Development, Channel Management and Credit Administration- Branches as well. Currently, she is playing a key role in the capacity of Deputy General Manager - Retail Banking.

She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree from the University of Colombo and B.Sc. Business Administration (special) Degree with a Second class Upper Division (Honors) from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura. She holds a Diploma in Human Resource Management (Dip.HRM) from the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. She is an Associate Member (AIB) of IBSL, and she was awarded Fellowship (FIB) of the same as recognition of her service to the Banking Industry. She is also a Member of Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka and a Licentiate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (LICA) of Sri Lanka. She had also been a Visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka for more than five years. Prior to joining the People’s Bank, she had gained experience as a Senior Assistant Accountant at Road Construction and Development Company.

She was able to enhance Bank’s image by winning three Gold Medals at the convocation (1997) held by the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka for obtaining maximum number of Distinctions, completing Examination within two consecutive years and obtaining highest aggregate marks at the Intermediate and Final examinations , which is still an undefeated record.

MRS. G M R P WIJERATHNA - DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER - RISK MANAGEMENT

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Mrs. Roshini Wijerathna is in-charge of Risk Management/Credit Control & Supervision. She joined the Bank in 1990 as a Management Trainee and counts over 26 years of experience in the Bank’s Treasury. She deputized the Primary Dealer Unit of the Bank since 2003 and the Treasury later on prior to moving to the area of Risk Management. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Physical Science) with a Second Class Upper from University of Colombo, a Master of Business Administration (in Finance) from University of Colombo and a Diploma in Treasury and Risk Management from IBSL. She has obtained a Distinction for ACI Dealing Certificate - ACI, Financial Markets Association and is an Associate member of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

She is a past President and Secretary of the Association of Primary Dealers and currently a member of the Sri Lanka Forex Association, Association of Professional Bankers & Association of Banking Sector Risk Professionals.