Dimantha Seneviratne
Director/ Chief Executive Officer – National Development Bank PLC
Please refer pages 196 and 197 for the profile.
Faizan Ozman
Group Chief Financial Officer
Please refer page 204 for the profile.
Vajira Kulatilaka
Chief Executive Officer – NDB Capital Holdings Ltd.
Mr Kulatilaka counts for over 32 years of experience in Banking and Finance and Capital Market operations in Sri Lanka and has been instrumental in introducing a number of innovative financial products to the country. He joined the NDB Group in 1994 and has also worked at Sampath Bank and USAID. Mr Kulatilaka is the CEO of the Investment Banking cluster of the NDB Group and is a Director of NDB Investment Bank Ltd., NDB Securities (Pvt) Ltd., NDB Wealth Management Ltd., NDB Zephyr Partners Ltd., NDB Capital Ltd. and Resus Energy PLC. He is at present, the Chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the Chairman of the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE). Mr Kulatilaka is also a Member of the Governing Council of the University of Moratuwa. He holds a BSc in Civil Engineering with First Class Honors from the University of Moratuwa and a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is a Fellow Member of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA).
Darshan Perera
Chief Executive Officer – NDB Investment Bank Ltd.
Mr Perera joined NDB Investment Bank Ltd. in 2001 and was appointed as the CEO in 2009. He holds a B.Sc in Physical Science and an MBA from the University of Colombo. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka, a Passed Finalist of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK (CIMA) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (CIM). He has successfully spearheaded many IPOs, preference share issues, debt syndications and private placements of ordinary shares for a number of
Sri Lankan corporations; he has also served as a valuation specialist for share issues.
Prior to joining NDB Investment Bank Ltd, Mr Perera served as an Assistant Vice President at Vanik Incorporation Ltd.
Prabodha Samarasekera
Chief Executive Officer – NDB Wealth Management Ltd.
Mr Samarasekera, who has been with the NDB wealth since 2008, has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry and his main strength is in asset management. His responsibilities have included the setting up and management of all aspects of a fund management business. His extensive international experience and training in banking, finance & capital market verticals encompass USA, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sri Lanka.
Mr Samarasekera holds a B.Sc. in Management Information Systems and an MBA in International Finance from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Ms Prasansani Mendis
Chief Executive Officer – NDB Securities (Pvt.) Ltd.
Ms Mendis joined the NDB Group in 1990, after serving for four years as an Accountant in two leading private sector companies. She joined the Group’s securities trading arm, NDB Securities (Pvt) Ltd in 2008. Having been a banker for over 17 years, she has gained wide experience in corporate finance, merchant banking, consultancy, audit and restructuring of companies. She also functioned as the Head of Special Projects and Leasing Departments of NDB. In addition, she was involved in setting up of the initial branch of NDB and the Maldivian leasing subsidiary. Ms Mendis holds a B.Com. Special Degree from the University of Kelaniya and is a CIMA finalist.
Senaka Kakiriwaragodage
Managing Director – NDB Zephyr Partners Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd.
Mr Kakiriwaragodage possesses over 12 years of wide-ranging experience in investment banking, including activities such as IPOs, debt and equity placements, mergers and acquisitions, loan syndications, corporate restructurings, advisory services, feasibility studies, diagnostic studies and project financing. Prior to his current role, he was the Vice-president of NDB Investment Bank Ltd. Prior to joining the NDB Group, Mr Kakiriwaragodage served as a Software Engineer at Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd.
Mr Kakiriwaragodage holds a B.Sc. First Class Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Moratuwa and a MBA from the University of Manchester, UK. He is also a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA), a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and a charter holder of CFA. He also served as a member of the CIMA Sri Lanka Board in 2015 and 2016.
Kanti Kumar Saha
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer – NDB Capital Ltd.
Mr Saha joined the NDB Group as the Managing Director and CEO in 2014. Mr Saha counts over 20 years of experience in the banking industry, in diverse areas such as Corporate & Institutional Banking, Structured Finance, Public Sector and Offshore Banking, Risk Management and International Trade. Prior to joining NDB Capital Ltd., he was the Deputy Managing Director and Chief Business Officer of Prime Bank Ltd. He also served at Citibank NA, Bangladesh as Director and Head of Global Corporate Bank. Mr Saha holds a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka and a Postgraduate Management Degree from the Nottingham Trent University, U.K.
