Mr. Nagahawatte holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) Degree and a Master of Laws Degree. He was the Senior Legal and Banking Advisor of the Ministry of Finance and Planning immediately before accepting appointment as Chairman of the Bank on 1st January 2008. He is a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. As Senior Deputy Governor he had functioned as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank in the absence of the Governor. He has held several senior positions, including those of Controller of Exchange and Executive Director during a 38 year career with the Central Bank. He has also been the Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon and of the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka, a Commissioner of the Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, a Member of the Insurance Board of Sri Lanka, and a Director of the National Development Bank of Sri Lanka. He has also been a company Chairman/Director.

Prior to the merger of the National Development Bank and NDB Bank Ltd., Mr. Wickramaratne functioned as Director/Chief Executive Officer of the NDB Bank Ltd. He joined the NDB in 1999 from Citibank, where he was Vice- President and Corporate Bank Head. Mr Wickramaratne was a pioneer of the Government of Sri Lanka’s Information Communication Technology driven Development Programme, e-Sri Lanka.He was Chairman of the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) and also served as a Director on the Board of Investment. He holds a Degree in Economics and Politics and a Masters in Economics from the University of London. Mr Wickramaratne is an Eisenhower Fellow. He assumed duties as the Chief Executive of NDB Bank on 1st April 2008.

Mr Amarasuriya brings to NDB Bank an impressive range of management, marketing and business skills from his tenure as Chairman of the industrial and retailing conglomerate Singer Sri Lanka, and his experience on the Boards of such companies as Regnis Lanka, Commercial Leasing, Bata Shoe Company and First Capital. He also brings with him substantial experience in international management as a Vice President of Singer N.V. He is also involved in regional management and human resource development programmes across the Asian region.

Dr Wijeyesinghe is a Fulbright Scholar and has had a distinguished professional career, retiring as Precedent Partner of KPMG Ford, Rhodes , Thornton & Co. He also served on the Board of KPMG - Asia Pacific, the External Audit Committee of the IMF and the Council of Corporate Governance. He is a Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Organization of Professional Association of Sri Lanka. He holds directorates in other public quoted companies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, a Fellow of the Society of Chartered Management Accountants and has been conferred a Doctorate (D. Litt) Honoris causa, by the Postgraduate Institute of Management affiliated to the University of Sri Jayawardenapura.

Mr Lal de Mel was Managing Director of CIC Paints from 1995 to 2001, prior to which he was a Director of Chemical Industries (Colombo). He was Chairman of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation and a Director of the Bank of Ceylon in 2001. He is currently the Chairman of N. Chandraratne Decorators Ltd. and Language Skills Development (Pvt) Ltd. He is a Director of a number of NDB Group companies including Eagle Insurance. He is Co-Chairman of the Trade & Tariff Cluster of NCED. He has served as Chairman of the Ceylon National Chambers of Industries, as President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry and as President of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing. Mr de Mel is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, U.K. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Ceylon and Diplomas in Marketing (CIM) and Management (NIBM).

Mr de Silva is a Lawyer, holding an LL.B. (Hons.) Degree. He was the Chief Executive of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon which he served for 25 years till end 1989. He served the International Labour Organization from 1990 until his retirement in July 2001, as Deputy Director of the Employers' Bureau in Geneva. From August 2001 to July 2003 he was Senior Adviser to the International Organization of Employers in Geneva. He is a Director of Lanka Walltile Ltd., Lanka Tiles Ltd., Ceradec (Pvt) Ltd., Lanka Tiles Trading (Pvt) Ltd. and Lanka Walltile (Meepe) Ltd. He is the author of several books and other publications on labour law and relations, human resource management, globalization, the informal economy and other related subjects.

Mr Gunasekara is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. His career includes a spell of 17 years overseas where he worked for several years with Coopers & Lybrand in Zambia and Botswana. He then joined the Lloyds Insurance Broking Group, Minets, as Head of Finance of its Botswana operation before transferring to Minet's Head Office in London where he served as Financial Controller/Executive Director of the International Holdings Company. On returning to Sri Lanka in 1994, he joined NDB Bank, and retired as its Chief Financial Officer in 2004.

Mr Nagendra is presently Chairman and Director of several public and private limited companies. He was formerly Chairman of the James Finlay Group, one of Sri Lanka’s oldest-established business houses. He is a former Chairman of the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon and the British Business Association, and has served on the Committees of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon and the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Educated at the University of Madras, where he received a Degree in Economics, Mr. Thambiayah’s early career was in tourism. He was appointed to the Board of NDB Bank in February 2006. He is Chairman and Managing Director of several companies in the Renuka Hotels Group as well as of the Cargo Boat Development Company Ltd. and sits on the Board of a number of other companies. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (UK).

Richard Vokes is an economist by training with over 30 years experience working on development in Asia. He joined the Asian Development Bank in 1991 and was Senior Economist in the Office of the Vice- President - East between 1995-1997. Prior to joining ADB, Dr. Vokes held teaching positions at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom and at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. He has also worked as an Adviser in the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Zambia. Dr. Vokes has a PhD in Economics from the University of Hull (awarded in 1978) and a Joint BA (Hons) Degree in Economics and South-East Asian Studies, also from the University of Hull (awarded in 1972).

Dr. Sena Yaddehige is a Sri Lankan born British Scientist/Engineer and a UK based industrialist. He is the Managing Director of a European Company, which is part of a group involved in the development of high technology, automated manufacturing, and export of automotive components and systems to Europe and the United States. In addition to the Companies in the Richard Pieris Group, Dr. Yaddehige is the Chairman of Asian Alliance Insurance Company Ltd. He was appointed to the Board of NDB Bank in December 2007.