Board of Directors

Mr. Chapman holds an MBA from the University of Colombo and a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. Additionally, he possesses a Diploma in Life Insurance Sales and Marketing from the Life Underwriters Training Council, USA, and a Diploma in Business Management from the National Institute of Business Management, Sri Lanka. 

His distinguished affiliations include being a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK, and the Institute of Management, UK, as well as a Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Australia. With over 40 years of managerial expertise in sales, marketing, and general management functions, Mr. Chapman has made significant contributions across diverse industries such as Healthcare, FMCG, Consumer Durables, Insurance, Banking, and Telecommunications. 

His leadership extends beyond our organization, as he serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hemas Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Limited and United Motors Lanka PLC. Mr. Chapman's illustrious career includes a tenure as the former Managing Director of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals, where he also sat on the Boards of Glaxo Wellcome Ceylon Limited and SmithKline Beecham Pvt. Ltd. Prior roles encompassed leadership positions such as Managing Director of the Hemas Healthcare Sector, Marketing Director at Reckitt Benckiser, and Senior Brand Manager at Unilever. 

He has also held the positions of Managing Director/CEO at Lanka Orix Leasing Company and Director Life at Ceylinco Insurance. Notably, Mr. Chapman served as a former Director/CEO of Janashakthi Insurance PLC. His contributions extend beyond corporate roles, as evidenced by his involvement in industry associations. Mr. Chapman has served as the Honorary President and a Founder Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka. 

He has held the position of President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry, the apex body for the pharmaceutical sector in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, he has served as Co- Chairman of the Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics Steering Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Fernando is a Fellow member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of United Kingdom. He has been awarded a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 1992. He holds Directorship in Addison (Pvt) Ltd and HealthCey (Pvt) Ltd also serving as a non-executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC and Consultant - Strategy of Melstacorp PLC. He served as the Executive Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited from 2003 to 2009 and held Board positions in companies in sectors of Food & beverage, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Finance, Asset Management, and in Unit Trusts.

Mr. Ashoka has more than 36 years of experience in the Banking industry covering financial reporting, financial management, taxation, financial operations and risk management. He is a Master of Business Administration of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (PIM) and a fellow member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. Ashok has been in the corporate management of Hatton National Bank PLC as the Chief Financial Officer and in the DFCC Bank PLC as the Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer and the Senior Vice President Integrated Risk Management/Chief Risk Officer. He had served in the Boards of Acuity Partners (Pvt) Ltd, Acuity Stock Brokers (Pvt) Ltd, Acuity Securities Ltd and of Sithma Development Ltd. Ashok also served as a Board member of the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board and in addition had chaired and served in several Board sub committees.

Started the professional career with the Department of Inland Revenue of Sri Lanka and joined the DFCC Banking Group in 1987. Was seconded to the service of DFCC Vardhana Bank in 2003 and functioned as the Chief Operating Officer until appointment as the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director in January 2010. Held the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer/Director of DFCC Bank PLC from October 2015 and appointed as the Chief Executive Officer/Director in August 2017. Until retirement in December 2021, held the position of Chairman of DFCC Consulting (Pvt) Limited, Lanka Industrial Estates Limited and Synapsys Limited, subsidiary companies of DFCC Bank PLC, and the Chairman of Lanka Financial Services Bureau Limited as well as Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (Guarantee) Limited. Also held the position of Chairman of Acuity Partners (Pvt) Limited, the joint venture company of DFCC Bank PLC. In addition, was Chairman / Director of Lanka Ventures Limited, LVL Energy Fund PLC and Director LankaClear (Pvt) Ltd. Was a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP), and Board of Management of the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority. At present act as an Independent Director at Seylan Bank PLC, Independent Director of Finetech Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd, whilst serving as Chairman & Director of Panasian Power PLC & it’s Subsidiary Companies . Also serves as. Member of the Stake Holder Engagement Committee of Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Mr. Silva is a Past President of Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka. Holds a BCom (Sp.) from the University of Kelaniya and an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayawardenapura. Associate Member of the Association of Development Financial Institutions of Asia & Pacific.( ADFIAP).

Dr. Sankalpa Gamwarige holds a PhD and a BSc in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and he is also a passed Finalist of CIMA, UK. With over two decades of expertise in Digital and Electronics Product Engineering, Dr. Gamwarige currently holds the position of Managing Director at Nagarro in Sri Lanka. As a key member of the Global Leadership Team, he contributes to steering Nagarro SE, a renowned Digital Product Engineering Services company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with a global workforce of over 19,000 Digital Engineering Professionals spanning 35 countries. Prior to his role at Nagarro, Dr. Gamwarige served as the General Manager and Vice President of Engineering at Zone24x7, a California-based Digital Product Engineering Company and served in various capacities at Symbol Technologies, Interblocks, and Millennium IT. He has served as a board/council member for Technologically Re-Awakening the Culture of Excellence (TRACE), National Innovation Agency (NIA), SLASSCOM, Sri Lanka Institute of Biotechnology (SLIBTECH), and the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Moratuwa. Dr. Gamwarige has also been an advisory member of Export Development Board (EDB), National Science Foundation (NSF) and Chamber of Commerce. He has a number of US Patents and Peer-reviewed Publications in Digital and Electronics Engineering to his credit.

Rimoe Saldin is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and an Associate of Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in UK and a Certified Management Accountant, Australia. He is an alumni of the Asian Institute of Management Manila. 

He has over 30 years of top management level experience in the areas of Finance, Human Resource Development, General Management and Operations as well as Chief Executive Officer. He is currently employed as Director of Paints & General Industries Limited and Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polypak Secco Limited. He is also the Chairman of Chemanex PLC and serves as a Director of CIC Holdings PLC. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Akzo Nobel Paints Lanka (Private) Limited, Link Natural Products (Private) Limited, CIC Agri Businesses (Pvt) Ltd and a number of companies in the CIC Group. 

He is the Chairman of CISCO Speciality Packaging (Private) Limited. He also serves in the Board of Directors of Hatton National Bank Plc and also is Chairman of Sithma Development (Private) Limited and serves as a Trustee of the HNB Sustainability Foundation. Previously Mr. Saldin served as the Commercial Director and Group Finance Director of CIC Holdings PLC for the period 1995-2005. He was the Country Controller & Group Finance Director for Shell Sri Lanka for the period 2005-2010 and also the Group Chief Operating Officer, Browns Group of Companies PLC and the Managing Director of Browns Investments PLC from 2010-2014.

Professor Ananda Jayawardane is currently a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Moratuwa, a Commission Member of the University Grants Commission, and a member of governing boards of several other public and private sector organisations. He recently completed his term as the Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC after serving nine years in its Director Board. He is also a past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa, a past Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and a past Director General of the National Science Foundation. 

He has extensive experience and expertise in corporate governance in public institutions & private corporates, banking, finance, strategy, education leadership, institution building, policy making in education, science & technology and teaching in subject areas of planning, project management, technology management, technology transfer and negotiation. 

He is a Chartered Engineer, an International Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, a Fellow of the Institute of Project Managers, Sri Lanka, a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka, a Life Member of Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, a Graduate Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors and a Member of the Society of Structural Engineers Sri Lanka. 

He is also the past NDB Bank Endowed Professor in Entrepreneurship at the University of Moratuwa and a Past President of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka. He has also served as a member of the governing Councils/Boards of National Science Foundation, Institute for Construction Training and Development, State Engineering Corporation, Post-graduate Institute of Management, Miloda Academy of Financial Studies, the Open University of Sri Lanka, Construction Industry Development Authority, Engineering Council of Sri Lanka and Green Building Council of Sri Lanka.

He has co-authored several textbooks and has published and presented over 85 research papers both locally and internationally and delivered convocation addresses and keynotes in many occasions.  He has received several awards for his research publications. He is also the recipient of the National Achiever’s Award  - 2013 under the category of Engineering by Lions Clubs International – District 306A1, the IESL President’s Award – 2012 and the Asia’s Education Excellence Award – 2016 for outstanding contribution to education, Sri Lanka Education Leadership Award – 2017 for education leadership, Sri Lanka Education Leadership Award – 2018 for outstanding contribution to education presented by World Education Congress and CMO Asia and “Eminence in Engineering” award – the highest, most prestigious life time award given by the IESL for eminence in practice of engineering – 2018.

Madhubhashini was called to the Bar in December 1998 after successfully completing studies at the Law Collage of Sri Lanka. She worked as a junior Attorney - at-Law for Mr. W. Dayarthne P.C. She holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) and holder of Diploma in Human Resources Management at IPM. She is the Head of Legal and Compliance/Deputy General Manager at HNB Assurance PLC with proven leadership skills counting over 24 years of experience as a corporate lawyer in the insurance industry out of which 16 years in management positions. Madhubhashini Bakmedeniya was the AGM – Legal (Head of Legal) of the SriLanka Insurance Corporation Ltd for five years before joining HNB Assurance PLC.