Board of Directors

Mr. Dharma Dheerasinghe

Chairman

Mr Dheerasinghe, an eminent Economist with a distinguish career of over 40 years in the banking industry was appointed to the Board on December 20, 2011. Prior to his appointment as Chairman on 29th of July 2014, Mr Dheerasinghe was the Deputy Chairman of the Bank. Previously Mr Dheerasinghe was the Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and was also the Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee and Sovereign Ratings Committee. He was also the Alternate Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka at the International Monetary Fund. Mr Dheerasinghe has published widely in many aspects of economics including debt capital markets and financial globalization and has over 30 referred articles in reputed journals and as book chapters in Sri Lanka and overseas. He has also presented more than 50 papers at international seminars. Mr Dheerasinghe currently serves in the Board of Management of National Science Foundation. He is also a Visiting Lecturer and Moderator/Examiner in Universities of Colombo, Kelaniya, Sri Jayawardenapura and Moratuwa and several professional bodies in Sri Lanka. He has made a significant contribution to the development of the government debt securities market by innovating and structuring key financial instruments and developing its institutional framework. Mr Dheerasinghe is a graduate of the University of Colombo where he has obtained B.Com and B.Phil (Econ) with first class honours. He has obtained M.A.(Econ) from the University of Leeds, UK and is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and holder of Honorary ACI Diploma.

Mr. Welivitage Dilan Anjana Rodrigo

Managing Director/Country Head

Mr. Dilan Rodrigo brings over 31 years of experience with Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC to his new role as The Managing Director / Country Head of CBC Myanmar Microfinance. His career began in International Credit in the Foreign Branch. Being the first Business Promotion Officer of the bank, he was influential in promoting remittance business and bank products to Sri Lanka whilst being based in the State of Qatar. Dilan then returned to Sri Lanka where he gained extensive experience across various departments and successfully managed a number of branches helping them to be elevated to the next level of grading. Before transitioning to CBC Myanmar, Dilan served as the Senior Manager of Old Moor Street Branch.

Dilan holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in International Business from the University of the West of Scotland and is an Associate of The Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (AIB - SL). He has also earned professional certifications, as a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified Global Business Analyst, both from the Institute of CMA of Australia.

Mr. S Prabagar

Director

Mr. S Prabagar is a senior banker with over 27 years of diversified banking experience with Commercial Bank and currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC. He has served as Branch Manager of mid-sized and larger branches in Colombo, performed duties as the Chief Operating Officer and the Country Manager of the Bank’s Bangladesh Operations, provided leadership to Internal Audit function of the Bank as the Head and Assistant General Manager, spearheaded the Bank operations as the Assistant General Manager in charge of Operations and lead Corporate Banking as the Deputy General Manager, which was the last position held by him before taking up the current responsibility.

Mr. Prabagar holds an MBA in Banking from University of London, an Associate of Institute of Bankers (AIB - SL), and B. Com from Bharathidasan University in India. He is fully qualified in CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – UK), and CISA (Certified in System Audit – USA), also holding a Diploma in System Security and Control Audit (DISSCA – CASL).

Currently he holds the position of Non-Independent/ Non-Executive Director of Commercial Bank of Maldives (Pvt) Ltd. A subsidiary of the Bank.

Mr. Delakshan Hettiarachchi

Non Executive Director

Mr Delakshan Hettiarachchi accounts for 34 years of banking career at Commercial Bank. Having held numerous Senior Managerial positions including Development Lending prior to being appointed as the Assistant General Manager - Personnel Banking I/SME. Presently he is the corporate head of 5 regions which includes 92 branches.

Mr Hettiarachchi is a fellow member of the Institute of the Bankers Sri Lanka, Master of Business Administration – Cardiff Metropolitan University of, UK and a Resource person ‘Lending Techniques’ & ‘Project Financing’ at the Training Center for Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Mr. S Ganeshan

Director

Mr S Ganeshan is a senior Banker with over 35 years banking experience. Currently holds the position of Assistant General Manager Personal banking / SME, at Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, functioning as the Corporate Head of 3 Regions which includes 46 Branches. He has also served as Branch Manager in both Mid -sized and larger branches in Colombo and outstation, performed duties as Regional Manager overlooking 2 Regions which included 27 Branches. He has given leadership for the launching of “Bank on wheels” operation(BOW) for the bank.

Mr Ganeshan Holds an Intermediate Diploma in Banking & Finance (IBSL Srilanka) and Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration- Staffordshire University- UK.

Mr. Sanath Manatunga

Mr Sanath Manatunge is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – UK (FCMA – UK) and has obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura with a Merit Pass. He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Bankers – Sri Lanka (FIB), a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCMA) and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, UK (FCMI). Mr Manatunge is also a member of Sri Lanka Institute of Directors since August 2017.

Mr Manatunge joined the Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC in 1989. Prior to being appointed as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Manatunge functioned as Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of the Bank since 2018. He has held Corporate Management / Senior positions as Deputy General Manager – Corporate Banking, Chief Risk Officer, Head of Credit Risk and Chief Manager - Corporate Banking.

Under Mr Manatunge, the Corporate Banking Division of the Bank experienced a rapid growth in the loan book and in areas such as Trade Finance fee-based income while maintaining the quality of advances. During his tenure as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Manatunge was heading strategically important business units of the Bank such as Personal Banking, Corporate Banking, Information Technology, Cards, and Digital Banking guiding them to become industry leaders. He has also given leadership and strategic inputs for transformational projects of the Bank such as “SME Transformation”, establishing a long term digital roadmap for the Bank and many projects to improve operational excellence.

Mr Manatunge is also a Director of Commercial Bank of Maldives (Pvt) Ltd., a subsidiary of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC since 2016.

He was adjudged the “Chief Information Security Officer of the Year” at the EC – Council Global CISO Forum held in Atlanta – USA in September 2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution in strengthening and promoting information security practices and IT Risk Management.

He was instrumental in forming the Association of Banking Sector Risk Professionals, Sri Lanka and was the President in the year 2014. He has also served as a Council Member of the Association of Professional Bankers (APB) and a member of the CIMA – “Thought Leadership Committee”.

He was a visiting lecturer for the MBA Degree programme at the University of Colombo. Also a resource person at the Training Centre of Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.