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Russell de Mel
Chief Executive Officer |
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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. |
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Indrajit Wickramasinghe
Chief Operating Officer |
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Mr. Wickramasinghe 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 Chartered Marketer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. Before joining NDB Bank nine years ago, he held the position of Head of Marketing at Reckitt & Colman of Ceylon Ltd. Mr
Wickramasinghe has over 20 years experience in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Financial Service Sectors. |
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Chrishanthi Jayawardena
Chief Operating Officer |
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| 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. |
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Raj Aboobucker
Vice-President
Head of Emerging Corporates and Specialized Commercial Markets |
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Mr Aboobucker is currently Vice-President in charge of the Emerging Corporates and Specialised Commercial Markets divisions on the corporate-banking side of NDB Bank. He was also instrumental in successfully setting up the bank's Specialised Commercial Markets division. He counts 28 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. |
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Sujeewa Dissanayake
Vice-President
Head of Information Technology |
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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. |
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Nilam Jayasinghe
Vice-President
Head of Group Audit & Compliance |
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| Mr Jayasinghe joined NDB Bank thirteen years ago and is currently Head of Group Audit and Compliance. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
(CIMA), UK, having obtained his training at KPMG. He worked at Aitken Spence & Co. as its Group Treasurer and Director, Aitken Spence Corporate Finance Ltd and was Finance and Commercial Manager of Lanka Tiles Limited.
Mr Jayasinghe is the Vice Chairman of the Industrial Association of Sri Lanka. He is also a past President of CIMA (Sri Lanka Division) having being awarded the Institute's Bronze Medal and currently serves on the Members Services Committee in CIMA (UK). He has served as a member of the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board and the Company Law Reforms Commission and counts twenty six years experience in the areas of Finance and Treasury. |
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Ishani Navaratne Bandara
Vice-President
Head of Human Resources |
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Having joined the organization in 1995, Ms Navaratne Bandara 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. |
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Buwanekabahu Perera
Vice-President
Head of Commercial Banking |
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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] |
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Dhanan Senathirajah
Vice-President
Head of Finance & Planning |
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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. |
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Kumar Weerasuriya
Vice-President
Head of Operations |
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Prior to joining NDB Bank, Mr Weerasuriya worked at several Sri Lankan and international banks. He has held senior positions in all areas of banking and IT. |
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Niran Mahawatte
Vice-President
Head of Treasury |
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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. |
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Nirmala Rayen
Assistant Vice-President
Head - Group Risk Management |
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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. |
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