Chief Executive Officer - HNB Assurance PLC

Lasitha Wimalaratne

BA(Hons), MBA, FCII, ANZIIF (Fellow), ACIM, Chartered Insurer

Lasitha has over 24 years of experience with 21 years of experience in Life Insurance Operations and Sales inclusive of 07 years at AIA Insurance Sri Lanka and 03 years of Marketing and Sales exposure in London. Prior to joining HNB Assurance PLC in 2019 he functioned as the General Manager - Life Operations and Specified Officer at Softlogic Life Insurance PLC. Lasitha Joined HNB Assurance PLC in 2019 and served in the capacity of Chief Operating Officer and Principal Officer prior to being appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of HNB Assurance PLC. Lasitha holds a Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) from the University of Wales, UK and a B. A. (Hons) Degree in Business Studies from the University of Sunderland, UK. He is a Chartered Insurer and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (FCII). Lasitha is also a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (ACIM). Lasitha is the current Vice President of the Insurance Association of Sri Lanka (IASL) and is an Honorary Past President of the Sri Lanka Insurance Institute (SLII) and has been serving as a Council Member from 2011. He was also the Founder Secretary General of the Association of Chartered Insurance Professionals (ACIP) and was a Council Member until March 2021. Lasitha, also serves as a Director at Bio Diversity Sri Lanka.

Chief Actuarial Officer / General Manager – HNB Assurance PLC and HNB General Insurance Limited

Nalin Subasinghe

BSc in Mathematics Special (Colombo), MSc in Actuarial Management (UK)

Nalin holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Colombo and a Master of Science Degree in Actuarial Management from the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Nalin is currently reading for Fellowship from the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries, United Kingdom. Nalin’s professional career in the Insurance Industry spans for over 17 years and counts extensive actuarial, investment administration and overall insurance business experience and has held several senior positions in leading entities. Having started his professional career at Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation - SLIC in 2004, Nalin served the organization as the Deputy General Manager Actuarial and Risk Management. Apart from his core responsibilities, he also acted as Head of Investment for a year where he managed an investment asset portfolio of over Rs. 150 Billion. He was the Nominee Director of SLIC for Capital Alliance Limited and Ceylon Asset Management where he acted as Chairman of the latter. Prior to his current appointment, he held the position of Chief Actuarial Officer at Union Assurance PLC (Vice President- John Keels Holdings PLC) and is the current Chairman of Actuarial Subcommittee of the Insurance Association of Sri Lanka.

Chief Business Officer / General Manager - Advisor Channel - HNB Assurance PLC

Harindra Ramasinghe

MBA (Kelaniya University), BSc in Business Management

His career journey in the insurance field began when he joined Eagle Insurance in 1996 as a Business Development Associate and subsequently, he joined HNB Assurance in 2003, as a Marketing Executive, He was appointed as the Acting Officer in Charge in 2005 upon which he received the First Runners-up Award for the Best Development Office in 2006. Following this victory, he was promoted as the Branch Manager, which he managed to win the 1st Runners-up award for the Best Development Office for the second consecutive year. Setting high standards of victory, Harindra won the award for the Best Development Manager in 2008. He was promoted as RDC Manager in 2009. And he was then promoted as a Regional Manager in 2011. In 2014, he was promoted as Zonal Manager and subsequently as Head of Distribution and Chief Business Officer. Some of his greatest career achievements were winning the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in 2012 and the Gold Medal at SLIM NASSCO Award Ceremony in 2013 under the category of Territory Manager. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and an MBA from the Kelaniya University. He has also obtained foreign exposure including FALIA in Japan and other programmes Europe.

Chief Business Officer / General Manager – Partnership

Sanesh Fernando

MBA(UK),MSc(Malaysia),PGD Mkt.(CIM .UK),PGD Mgmt.(UK), MCIM,MSLIM

Sanesh has over 18 years of experience in Sales and Marketing, starting as a Propagandist and rising to become a high-performing Sales and Marketing strategist. He was the Sri Lankan representative for the open enrollment program from the Life Insurance Management Research Association (LIMRA), which is a well-regarded professional organization in the insurance industry. In recognition of his achievements, Sanesh was awarded the Head of the Year - Insurance Partnership Business 2021 by the Global Banking and Finance Review. He also won the Bronze Award for the National Sales Manager Category from the National Sales Congress (NASCO), organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM). Sanesh joined HNB Assurance PLC in 2012 as an Assistant Manager - Bancassurance and was promoted to Chief Business Officer / General Manager - Partnership in 2022 Sanesh holds an MBA from the University of Sunderland - UK, an MSc in Strategic Marketing from AeU - Malaysia, a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management from the University of Sunderland - UK. He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (MCIM) and a Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (MSLIM).

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