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Russell de Mel
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Russell De Mel is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U.K., has served NDB Bank for nearly 30 years, largely in the field of Corporate Banking.
Prior to assuming duties as the Chief Executive Officer, he functioned as the Vice President - Corporate Banking Group. He also served as the Vice President of NDB Bank’s Group Risk Management Department.
Mr. De Mel is a Director of several NDB Group Companies. His experience ranges from, Project Financing, Infrastructure Financing, Merchant Banking, Corporate Planning and Management Information etc. to name a few.
 
Indrajit Wickramasinghe
Chief Operating Officer
He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, a Postgraduate Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. Having joined NDB over 11 years ago he has served as the Vice President covering functions such as, Marketing and Human Resources. He was also Vice President - Head of Retail Banking, a position he held for over 7 years immediately prior to being appointed as the Chief Operating Officer responsible for the business areas of the bank. Before joining NDB Bank, he held the position of Head of Marketing at Reckitt & Colman of Ceylon Ltd. Mr Wickramasinghe has over 22 years of management experience.
 
Chrishanthi Jayawardena
Chief Operating Officer
She is an Attorney-at-Law who counts over 28 years experience at the NDB Bank. Mrs Jayawardena was employed at Messrs F J & G De Saram, Attorneys-at-Law before joining the Bank.
 
Faizan Ozman
Chief Financial Officer
Faizan Ozman is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute Management Accounts UK. He is also qualified in Certified Public Accountants, Australia and Certified Management Accountants, Australia. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business and Commerce from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Prior to joining NDB Bank, he was at Seylan Bank PLC as the Chief Risk Officer where his responsibilities included managing overall credit, operations, liquidity and market risk by heading and the establishment of the Risk Management Unit , managing the Compliance Unit as well as reviewing large credit facilities. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Standard Chartered Bank for over 10 years prior to joining Seylan Bank PLC and was an Financial Analyst, Regional Credit Administrator and Resident Vice President of CITI Bank NA, UAE, Oman & Bahrain for 9 years before returning to Sri Lanka.
 
Raj Aboobucker
Vice-President
SME and Retail Banking
Mr Aboobucker is currently Vice-President in charge of SME & Retail Banking at NDB. He was also instrumental in successfully setting up the bank's Specialised Commercial Markets division. He counts 30 years of local and foreign banking experience. Prior to joining NDB Bank in 2005, he was Vice-President and Head of Commercial Banking Group at Citibank in Colombo.
 
Sujeewa Dissanayake
Vice-President
Head of Information Technology
Before joining the NDB Bank, Mr Dissanayake worked at Pan-Asia Bank and the Union Bank of Colombo as Head of IT. He came to banking from the IBM World Trade Corporation, where he was IT specialist for the finance industry. He has over 25 years experience in IT, 19 of which were acquired in the banking sector.
Mr Dissanayake holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Lincoln, UK and is a Chartered Member of the British Computer Society. He is the immediate past Chairman of British Computer Society Sri Lanka Section.
 
Niran Mahawatte
Vice-President
Head of Treasury
Mr Mahawatte holds a B.Sc. from the University of Colombo and is an Associate Member of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. He joined the NDB Group Treasury in 2001, prior to which he worked at Deutsche Bank and Commercial Bank of Ceylon. He has to his credit over 17 years banking experience.
 
Ishani Senaveera
Vice-President
Head of Human Resources
Having joined the organization in 1995, Ms Senaveera counts 15 years of experience in all areas of HR management and development. She holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Management from the University of London.
 
Buwanekabahu Perera
Vice-President
Head of Commercial Banking
Mr Perera holds a Bachelor's Degree in Financial Services from the University of Manchester and a Postgraduate Diploma in Bank Financial Management from the University of Sri Jayawerdenepura. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, UK. His 30 years of experience in banking covers corporate banking, project finance and international trade. Before joining NDB Bank in 1998, he worked at Banque Indosuez, Sampath Bank and Deutsche Bank. Mr Perera is a past President of the Association of Professional Bankers, Sri Lanka.[APB]
 
Dhanan Senathirajah
Vice-President
Head of Finance & Planning
Mr Senathirajah is an Attorney-at-Law and a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. Before joining NDB Bank in 1998, he worked at the Maharaja Organization and Reckitt and Colman of Ceylon. He counts 24 years experience in finance and accounting.
 
Lional Wickramasinghe
Vice-President
Head of Project Finance
Prior to joining NDB Bank as the head of project finance, Mr. Wickramasinghe has held several senior positions in DFCC Bank for 17 years in development banking. Mr. Wickramasinghe holds a B.A (Hons) degree in Economics and a B.Phil degree in Economics from the University of Colombo.
 
Nirmala Rayen
Vice-President
Head - Group Risk Management
Ms Rayen is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka and counts over 27 years of banking experience. Prior to joining NDB Bank, she worked at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., ABN Bank N.V. and Citibank N.A.
 
Ruwini De Silva
Assistant Vice-President
Head - Group Audit
Ms. Ruwani De Silva is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ( CIMA) , UK. Prior to joining NDB, she worked at ABN AMRO Bank N.V. She counts 15 years of banking experience in the areas of Audit, Compliance and Finance. Prior to joining ABN AMRO Bank N.V., she worked at M/S Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants for a period of 5 years in the areas of audit and tax section