Appointed as the General Manager in June 2012 and retired on 7th January 2013. Held also the position of Additional General Manager, overseeing the operations of Corporate & Offshore Banking , International & Treasury and Marketing from June 2011 to June 2012.
Mr. Dharmasiri is a career banker with over thirty seven years of diversified banking experience both within and outside Sri Lanka and has extensive knowledge in monitoring and re- structuring of non-performing assets, strategic planning, corporate financial reporting and re-organization of branches coupled with the experience in holding key corporate management positions prior to present appointment. As a member of the Corporate Management since 2002, he has made immense contribution to maintain BoC non performing advance level below the industry average. He has held a number of key positions in the Bank's operations including corporate and offshore banking, finance and planning, inspection & audit and recovery. He served overseas as the Country Manager of Bank of Ceylon Male from 1997 to 2000 and as the Managing Director of Nepal Bank of Ceylon (Limited) Nepal in 2002.
Presently, he served as a Non-Executive nominee Director on the Boards of BoC Travels (Private) Limited, BoC Property Development & Management (Private) Limited, BoC Management & Support Services (Private) Limited, Bank of Ceylon (UK) Limited, Ceybank Holiday Homes (Private) Limited, Ceybank Asset Management Limited, Hotels Colombo (1963) Limited, Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC. , Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka, Lanka Financial Services (Bureau) Limited and LankaClear (Private) Limited.
Mr. Dharmasiri graduated from the University of Colombo with a First Class Honours in Commerce and holds a Bachelor of Philosophy in Economics. He is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
Mr. Gunasekara appointed as the General Manager on 8th January 2013. Held the position of Deputy General Manager in charge of Retail Banking and Sales and Channel Management from October 2010 to January 2013.
Joined the Bank in 1983, Mr. Gunasekara commenced his career in retail banking, which enriched him with a wealth of knowledge and experience in all aspects of credit management and administration. He served at BoC London branch from 1997 – 2000 and during his tenure in the UK, he received comprehensive experience in international banking operations. He counts for twenty nine years of experience in the banking sector including corporate and off-shore banking. As a resource person at the Banks' Training Institute, Mr. Gunasekara has readily responded to uplifting the knowledge of Bank's staff. He is also a Council Member of the Association of Professional Bankers and a resource person at the Institute of Bankers' of Sri Lanka.
He is a Non-Executive nominee Director on the Boards of Ceybank Asset Management Limited since August 2010 and Ceybank Holiday Homes (Private) Limited since June 2009. He served as a Non-Executive nominee Director on the Board of MCSL Financial Services Limited from 2008 to 2009. On his appointment as the General Manager on 8th January 2013, the Board of Directors of Bank of Ceylon has nominated Mr. Gunasekara for appointment as a Non Executive nominee Director on the Boards of BoC Travels (Private) Limited, BoC Property Development & Management (Private) Limited, BoC Management & Support Services (Private) Limited, Bank of Ceylon (UK) Limited, Ceybank Holiday Homes (Private) Limited, Ceybank Asset Management Limited, Hotels Colombo (1963) Limited, Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC, Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka, Lanka Financial Services (Bureau) Limited and LankaClear (Private) Limited.
He has successfully completed the programme on Corporate Management for Sri Lanka (LKCM2 AOTS) in Japan and Advanced Management Programme conducted by the Wharton University of Pennsylvania, USA. Mr. Gunasekara graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka with a Special Degree in Public Finance & Taxation in 1981. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
Appointed Deputy General Manager in May 2009. Holds the position of Deputy General Manager (Recovery) from August 2012. Held the position of Deputy General Manager (Support Services) from May 2009 to August 2012.
Joined the Bank in 1975, his experience in both domestic and international banking operations for over three decades has taken through management and leadership roles in the branch network. His broad exposure and knowledge towards trade finance provided leadership for the successful implementation of an automated trade finance system for the Bank and also for training of staff in that area. He served as Country Manager of the BoC branch in Chennai from 2005 to 2008.
He served as a Non-Executive nominee Director on the Board of Grand Oriental Hotel since September 2009. He was also the President of the Trade Finance Association of Bankers of Sri Lanka during the year 2010.
Mr. Nandasiri obtained a First Class Honours in Economics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1974 together with a Bachelor of Philosophy in Economics in 1975.He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
Appointed Deputy General Manager in October 2010. Held the position of Deputy General Manager (Human Resource) from October 2010 to August 2011.
Joined the Bank in August 1973, his extensive experience in retail banking has held in good stead for managing and developing the Bank's branch network in his present position. Prior to this assignment he served as the Assistant General Manager in the North Western Province where his knowledge and exposure in micro finance and agricultural sectors provided leadership to bring the province to new heights.
He has been an Alternate Director of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka since October 2010. Mr. Mudiynase also served as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Ceybank Holiday Homes (Private) Limited, Wayamba Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Service Bureau and the Wayamba Development Bank from 2007 to 2010.
Mr. Mudiyanse is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Bank Management from the same institute in 2001.
Appointed Deputy General Manager in October 2010. Held the position of Deputy General Manager (Investment Banking & Human Resource) from October 2010 to March 2012.
He joined the Bank in 1983 and has wide experience in the banking and financial services industry for over twenty nine years, particularly in the areas of treasury, international operations and investment banking. He held the positions of CEO of the Primary Dealer Unit of the Bank and headed the Treasury and Investment unit. While serving at BoC London branch he received broad exposure and extensive training in treasury management and forex dealing activities. He also served as Head of Treasury at the BoC branch in Karachi.
He is a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of the Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC since 2010 and BOC Property Development & Management (Private) Limited since 2009. He is also a member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL), an Alternate Director of Ceybank Asset Management Limited since 2006 and was appointed as a Director on the Board of Lanka Securities (Private) Limited in the year 2012. Presently he is the First Vice President of the Sri Lanka Forex Association.
Mr. Lionel obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1980.
Appointed Deputy General Manager (Corporate & Offshore Banking) in September 2011. Held the position of Assistant General Manager (Offshore Banking) for over five years.
She has diversified experience in retail and corporate banking, gained through a career spanning over thirty seven years and specialized in credit management and administration specially in corporate sector. She also served in BoC London for three years handling branch operations and trade finance.
Ms. Dayani Fernando serves as a Non Executive nominee Director on the Board of Ceylease Financial Services Limited, an affiliate of BoC, as an Ex-Officio Director on the Board of Regional Development Bank and as an Alternate Director on the Board of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC.
She holds a Degree in Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and a Bachelor of Philosophy in Economics from the same University.
Mr. Bandara was designated as a Deputy General Manager in March 2012 and assumed the portfolio of Product and Development Banking in January 2013. Prior to that, he was attached to Bank of Ceylon (UK) Limited as the CEO / Executive Director.
He joined the Bank in January 1990 as a Management Trainee and rose up in the career gaining diverse experience in corporate banking, treasury management and international banking operations. He has gained a sound knowledge in banking regulations and compliance through his involvement in establishing the UK subsidiary bank and managing it later as the CEO. He had been a resource person in credit & investment management at the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
Prior to joining the Bank, he was an Assistant Lecturer at University of Kelaniya and later served as a Statistician at Mahaweli Authority. He is also on the Board of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC as a Non-Executive Director.
Mr. Bandara is a Science graduate from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka and holds a MBA with a Merit Pass from Postgraduate institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Bank Management from the same institute achieving the best student award in 1998.
Appointed Deputy General Manager (Finance & Planning) in March 2012. Held the position of Assistant General Manager (Budget & Strategic Planning) from 2008 to March 2012.
He joined the Bank in January 1990. Commenced his career with retail banking and then specialised in financial management and strategic planning of the Bank, whilst acquiring wide experience in all aspects of commercial banking. He also served in Bank of Ceylon London branch where he obtained a comprehensive experience in treasury and international banking activities. He provides leadership & guidance in order to maintain a healthy asset and liability structure of the Bank.
Mr. Fonseka is the Chairman on the Board of Transnational Lanka Records Solutions (Private) Limited since November 2012. He has been serving as a nominee Director on the Board of Mireka Capital Land (Private) Limited since 2008. He also serves as an Alternate Director on the Board of LankaClear (Private) Limited and as an Observer on the Board of Sintesi Limited, a BOI approved Private Limited Company. Mr. Fonseka also acts as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, a Board sub committee of LankaClear (Private) Limited since November 2012.
Graduated from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, with a Bachelor of Science Special Degree in Business Administration and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and also an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
Appointed Deputy General Manager (Human Resource) in March 2012.
Joined the Bank in 1977, Mr. Jayasinghe has multifaceted experience in the areas of retail banking, wholesale banking, international banking, treasury operations, offshore banking, trade finance operations, credit, recovery and human resource management. He has contributed to enhance the knowledge and skills of staff by serving at the Central Training Institute of the Bank, as a visiting resource person in Credit Evaluation and Administration, Credit Policy, International and Trade Finance during the last fifteen years.
He has served as the Secretary to the Credit Committee, and as a member of NPA Management Committee, Operational Risk Management Executive Committee, Panel of Judges of Quality Circle Competition and Panel of Judges in Sri Lankan Entrepreneurs Award – 2011 organized by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industries of Sri Lanka (FCCISL).
Presently he serves as a Director of BoC Property Development and Management (Private) Limited and Ceybank Holiday Homes (Private) Limited and as a member of Human Resource Policy Committee, Chairman , Scholarships Committee, IT Steering Committee, Ex-officio Trustee of BoC Pension Trust Fund, Ex-officio Manager of BoC Widows & Orphans' Fund, and BoC Provident Fund. He is an Alternate Member of Board of Governors of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL) and a member of the Audit Committee of IBSL.
Mr. Jayasinghe graduated from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura with a Special Degree in Commerce and holds Advanced National Diploma in Human Resource Management from National Institute of Business Management. He is an Associate Member of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
Appointed Deputy General Manager (Support Services) in July 2012.
Joined the Bank in March 1974. He has a fine blend of skills in operational, banking, audit as well as overseas branch operations. Prior to present appointment, he provided leadership to Information Systems Audit function of the Bank for nearly five years as Assistant General Manager (Information Systems Audit). During this period he contributed to Bank's system implementation projects by providing audit clearances.
He is a Non–Executive nominee Director of MCSL Financial Services Limited and serves as the Chairman of Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee of the same company. He is also a Non-Executive nominee Director on the Board of Hotels Colombo (1963) Limited and Alternate nominee Director of Mireka Capital Land (Private) Limited and Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka.
Mr. Mutugala is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and also a Certified Information Systems Auditor.
Appointed Chief Legal Officer of the Bank of Ceylon in April 2012.
Joined the Bank of Ceylon, Legal Department in June 1986. Ms. Ranawaka is an Attorney-at-Law by profession and started her career in the Galle Bar in 1980. Prior to that she served as the Deputy Chief Legal Officer (Credit).
She is a member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and the President of the Corporate Lawyers Association of Sri Lanka. She is also a Director of BoC Property Development & Management (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of the Bank and an Alternate Director on the Board of Mireka Capital Land (Private) Limited. She is an Associate Faculty Member of the Central Training Institute of the Bank. Ms. Ranawaka holds a Masters Degree in International Trade Law awarded by the University of Wales and Post Attorney Diplomas in Banking and Insurance Laws and International Trade Law awarded by the Sri Lanka Law College.
Appointed as Secretary to the Board / Secretary Bank of Ceylon in December 2005. She joined Bank of Ceylon in January 1996. Counting over fifteen years of experience in the Bank, Ms. Siriwardane specialises in Company Secretarial work and Corporate Governance Practices. In addition to being the Secretary to the Board of Bank of Ceylon, she serves as the Secretary to the Board subcommittees of the Bank. She also ensures compliance with the applicable Corporate Governance rules.
Prior to joining Bank of Ceylon, she practiced as a lawyer and then worked in several private sector companies handling company secretarial work including IPOs, mergers etc. and legal and HR work. She was a visiting Lecturer on Commercial and Industrial Law at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
She is a nominee Director of Ceybank Holiday Homes (Private) Limited and serves as its Company Secretary and also of BoC Management & Support Services (Private) Limited.
Ms. Siriwardane is an Attorney-at-Law and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law. She also holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank of Ceylon in October 2009.
Prior to joining Bank of Ceylon, he worked as Head of Corporate Financial Affairs at Commercial Bank of Qatar and Head of Finance and Administration at Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.
Mr. Rupasinghe serves as a Non- Executive nominee Director of Ceylease Limited since March 2010.
Graduating from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka with a Special Degree in Business Administration in 1991, Mr.Rupasinghe holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern Queensland Australia in 2007. He is also a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT). He also a Governing Council Member of AAT Sri Lanka.
Prior to being appointed as Chief Risk Officer, he served as the Assistant General Manager (Risk Management/ Compliance) and the Acting Chief Risk Officer.
Joined the Bank in 1986, Mr. Fernando has over twenty six years experience in banking & financial services and has expertise in diverse fields including branch banking, investment banking, international banking and treasury operation. Prior to joining the Bank, he was a graduate teacher in Mathematics and Physics.
Engaged in Risk Management related activities of the Bank for the last eleven years, Mr. Fernando was instrumental in establishing the Integrated Risk Management Division of the Bank. He has been awarded the FRM designation by the Global Association of Risk Professionals - USA. This designation is globally regarded as having gained risk management expertise. He is also a renowned resource person in Risk Management for the University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka, Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and the Centre for Banking Studies-Central Bank of Sri Lanka. On the invitation of Saudi Monetary Agency he successfully conducted a program on Credit Risk Management to Saudi bankers at Institute of Banking Riyadh as well.
Mr. Fernando holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and obtained his Master of Science in Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
Appointed Chief Internal Auditor of the Bank of Ceylon in March 2009.
Dr. Karunadasa has over thirty two years experience in the fields of accounting, auditing and financial management.
Prior to enlisting at BoC, he headed the Internal Audit Department of large commercial & financial establishments and served on the Board of Directors/ Corporate Management of The Finance Company PLC from 1988 to 2001.
Dr. Karunadasa holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka in 1996 and obtained a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Irish International University (EU) in 2005.
He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and also a Fellow Member of the Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka.
Appointed Head of Research and Development of the Bank of Ceylon in August 2009 and retired February 2013.
Dr. Siriwardena has over twenty three years experience in the banking sector handling macroeconomic research, financial performance analysis and forecasting. He has special exposure on business process re-engineering, productivity management, organizational restructuring and customer care.
Prior to his appointment as Head of Research and Development in Bank of Ceylon, he served at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Centre for Asia Pacific Region as a Senior Researcher from 2005 to 2009 and Research Director at the People's Bank from 1991 to 2004. He also served as a Research Consultant for UNDP Maldives, Lao PDR and Sri Lanka from 2008 to 2009, Regional Researcher for microfinance and rural development at the Asia Pacific Rural Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) from 2001 to 2004, the editor of Economic Review from 1991 to 2004, visiting lecturer at the University of Colombo from 1995 to 1997 and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Burgen, Norway and the University of Wageningen, the Netherland from 1979 to 1980.
Dr. Siriwardena holds a Master of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in 1980 and obtained a Doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Wargeningen, the Netherland in 1989.
Appointed Chief Marketing Officer of the Bank of Ceylon in September 2012.
Mr. Liyanage has over twenty three years of experience in financial services and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry in Sri Lanka. Prior to his appointment as Chief Marketing Officer, Bank of Ceylon, he has served as the Assistant Vice President – Head of Marketing at NDB Bank, Sri Lanka. He has worked for many organizations in the field of marketing previously.
Mr. Liyanage was the first Sri Lankan selected for "Intercultural Education for Global Managers" programme at the Japan America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS) in Hawaii, USA. He was awarded a full scholarship by the Fujitsu Foundation of Japan to complete this programme, in recognition of his academic excellence and potential contribution to international understanding and goodwill in 1996.
He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK and a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Mr. Liyanage is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) since 1995. He is a Chartered Marketer since 1997, attached to the first batch of Chartered Marketers in Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM) and as well as a Fellow Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (FSLIM).
