Sunil G. Wijesinha - NDB Chairman

The NDB has appointed Sunil G. Wijesinha as its Chairman following a board meeting on November 30.

Sunil G. Wijesinha

He replaces Hemaka Amarasuriya who retired following a long and illustrious career, spearheading the bank's successful transformation from a development financier to a full-fledged banking conglomerate.

Wijesinha is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Management Accountant FCMA (UK) and holds an MBA. He has served on the Boards of Sampath Bank (as Deputy Chairman), Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (as Managing Director), Employees' Trust Fund Board (as Chairman), Merchant Credit of Sri Lanka (as Chairman), Lanka Securities, DNH Financial (Pvt) Ltd, DFCC Vardhana Bank, Colombo Stock Exchange, and Siyapatha Finance.

He is also the former Chairman and MD of Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC and his vast experience comes from the directorships in many other Government and private sector organisations.

He is the Managing Director of BizEx Consulting (Pvt) Ltd, Chairman of Watawala Plantations, United Motors, the Employers' Federation of Ceylon, President of National Chamber of Commerce, the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity, and Deputy Chairman of Siyapatha Finance Ltd.

He is a member of the National Labour Advisory Council, the National Administrative Reforms Council, EDB Advisory Committee on Ceramics and Porcelain and the Advisory Council on Science, Technology and Innovation.