Dimantha Seneviratne
Director/Chief Executive Officer
Please refer pages 196 and 197 for profile.
Buwanekabahu Perera
Vice-President – Corporate Banking
Mr Perera joined the Bank in 1998, prior to which he was attached to Banque Indosuez, Sampath Bank and Deutsche Bank. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Services from the University of Manchester, UK and a Postgraduate Diploma in Bank Financial Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Mr Perera is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, UK. Mr Perera counts over 37 years of banking experience of which 18 years have been with NDB with overall exposure in areas of corporate banking project finance and international trade. He is a past president of the Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka (APB). He has also served in the capacity of acting CEO of the Bank.
Faizan Ozman
Group Chief Financial Officer
Mr Ozman counts over 21 years of experience in banking in the disciplines of risk management, remedial management, corporate banking, operations and finance.
His prior experiences have been at leading international banks such as the Citigroup and Standard Chartered Bank where he has held key positions and gained vast experience in multiple countries.
Mr Ozman joined the Bank in 2011, prior to which he was the Chief Risk Officer/Head of Compliance at Seylan Bank PLC.
Mr Ozman is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, (FCMA) UK and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He is also a member of the Certified Public Accountants of Australia and Certified Management Accountants Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Raj Aboobucker
Vice-President – Retail Banking & Institutional Banking
Mr Aboobucker joined NDB in 2005 and counts over 35 years of experience in banking, of which over 11 years have been with NDB. His experience within the Bank has been in the areas of corporate banking, retail banking, SME banking and transactional and institutional banking. Prior to joining NDB, he was the Head of the Commercial Banking Group at Citibank NA, Colombo. Mr Aboobucker holds a MBA in Leadership and Sustainability from the University of Cumbria, UK and is also an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School, Boston USA where he underwent his executive education in private enterprise development.
Niran Mahawatte
Vice-President – Treasury
Mr Mahawatte joined the Bank’s Treasury in 2001, prior to which he was attached to Deutsche Bank and the Commercial Bank of Ceylon. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Colombo and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, (FCMA) UK and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Mr Mahawatte counts over 24 years of banking experience of which 15 years is with NDB.
Sanjaya Perera
Vice-President – Branch Network Management
Mr Perera, who joined the Bank in 2015, has over 26 years of experience in banking to his credit, including Nations Trust Bank and Sampath Bank PLC with exposure in the areas of retail banking and auditing. He holds an MBA from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and is also a passed finalist of the Association of Accounting Technicians (UK).
Mr Perera overlooks the SME banking operations of the Bank, in addition to network management.
Ms Nirmala Rayen
Vice-President – Group Risk Management
Ms Rayen joined the Bank in 2001. She counts over 35 years of experience in Banking covering operations, corporate banking and risk management. Prior to joining NDB she was with ABN AMRO Bank N.V., ABN Bank N.V. and Citibank N.A.
Ms Rayen is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. She is currently the President of the Association of Banking Sector Risk Professionals of Sri Lanka.
Sujeewa Dissanayake
Vice-President – Information Technology
Mr Dissanayake joined the Bank’s IT Team in 2006. He counts over 31 years’ experience in the IT field, with 27 years in the Banking sector, over 11 years of which is with NDB. Prior to joining NDB he was attached to Pan Asia Bank and the Union Bank of Colombo as the Head of IT. He holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Lincoln, UK and is a Chartered Member of the British Computer Society. Mr Dissanayake is a past Chairman of the British Computer Society, Sri Lanka Section, and is the author of two IBM Red Books for IBM Research labs, USA.
Ms Shanti Gnanapragasam
Vice-President – Credit
Ms Gnanapragasam joined NDB in 2015 from Hatton National Bank where she held the positions of Chief Risk Officer and Head of Treasury and Global Markets. Previously, she also served as the Group Treasurer at Hayleys PLC, Deputy Head of Treasury at People’s Bank and Director Global Markets and Treasury at American Express Bank and Maharaja Organization. She counts over 35 years of experience in banking.
She holds a B.Sc. degree from the University of Madras and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA) and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).
Ms Delrene Seneviratne
Vice-President – Administration
Ms Seneviratne joined the Bank in 1990 and now accounts for 26 years of experience. During this tenure she has gained vast cross functional exposure in legal, company secretarial, recoveries and collection, housing, retail/SME credit and micro financing, human resources and network management.
Ms Seneviratne is an Attorney-at-Law (Hons.) of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and has successfully completed Solicitor’s Final Exanimation of the Law Society of UK.
She also holds a postgraduate Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (Merit) from Queen Mary Collage, University of London and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Colombo.
Ms Seneviratne has had prior experiences as Administrative Secretary of the Sri Lanka National Council of the International Chamber of Commerce and the National Arbitration Centre as the first Registrar. She has also been a journalist at the Independent
Newspapers Ltd.
Ms Ishani Senaweera
Vice-President – Human Resources
Ms Senaweera joined the Bank in 1995 and accounts for 22 years of experience in human resource management, during which period she has gained all-round experience in human resources management. Ms Senaweera holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales and a B.Sc. in Economics and Management from the University of London.
Ms Melody Wickramanayake
Vice-President – Legal
Ms Wickramanayake initially joined the Bank in 1991 and served at NDB till 2008. Following a brief stint of two years up to 2010 in the Middle East, she rejoined the Bank in 2010. She counts over 23 years of experience in corporate and banking law. Her experience within the Bank has been in the areas of legal affairs, company secretarial affairs and compliance.
She is an Attorney-at-law (Hons.) of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths and a qualified Company Secretary.
Ms Ruwani De Silva
Vice-President – Group Audit
Ms De Silva joined the Bank in 2001 and counts for over 22 years of banking experience in areas of auditing, compliance and finance, of which 15 years is with NDB. Prior to joining NDB, Ms De Silva headed the Audit function at the ABN Amro – Colombo Branch. She has also gained auditing and taxation experience at Messer Ernst & Young for five years.
She is a Fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA) and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).
Sanjaya Senarath
Assistant Vice-President – Marketing
Mr Senarath joined the Bank in 2012 and has to his credit, over 27 years of experience in the field of marketing in a number of diverse environments spanning the areas of marketing strategy, brand management, product management, distribution, marketing communications and customer service in FMCG, retail, insurance & mobile telecommunication industries.
His role within the Bank has covered the areas of marketing and sales. He holds a B.Sc. in Financial Management from California State University, Long Beach, USA and an Associate Degree from Santa Monica College, California, USA. He is also CIM qualified.
Mrs. Shehani Ranasinghe
Assistant Vice-President/Company Secretary
Please refer pages 202 and 203 for the profile.
Reshanka Abayasekara
Head of Operations
Mr Abayasekara joined the Bank in 2013 prior to which, he served at Hatton National Bank PLC. Mr Abayasekara possesses 38 years of experience in banking which includes exposure in areas such as general branch banking, domestic and international operations, corporate banking, correspondent banking and inward remittances.
He has served as a member of the Board of Management of remittance houses in the Middle East region, Banking Technical Advisory Committee and is the former Senior Vice-President of Trade Finance Association of the Bankers.
Ms Manique Kiriella Bandara
Compliance Officer
Ms Kiriella Bandara joined the Bank in 1997 and has to her credit over 20 years of experience in the areas of lending, structuring transactions, labour law, mergers and acquisitions and serving as the Company Secretary for the NDB Group companies. She assumed duties as the Compliance Officer in 2014.
Ms Kiriella Bandara holds an LLB from the University of Colombo and is an Attorney-at- law (Hons.) of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
