CDB's specialized leasing subsidiary renamed Unisons Capital Leasing
Roshan Abeygoonewardena
- Chairman of UCL |
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) made its first
acquisition in its 20 year history last year when it acquired 86.26%
stake in Laugfs Capital Limited, a specialized leasing company
registered under the Finance Leasing Act. The company has been renamed
Unisons Capital Leasing Limited (UCL) and intends to aggressively expand
its business, focusing on identified strategic business segments and
markets.
Commenting on the intended strategy of Unisons Capital Leasing Ltd (UCL),
Director/CEO Karthik Elangovan elaborated the company's intention of
penetrating market segments that its parent CDB does not strategically
focus upon. He further elaborated that UCL's intention is to operate a
low cost business model, where it will use CDB's well-established
distribution network across the country and a shared services framework
for centralized services within a group structure, coupled with
exploring digital space to the optimum.
Karthik, a Graduate of University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Business
Administration and a Chartered Marketer with a MBA from the Postgraduate
Institute of Management (PIM), joined CDB in 2004 as Assistant Manager -
Marketing when CDB's balance sheet was approximately Rs 1 Bn. Rising in
the ranks, he was a member of the corporate management team and held the
position of Senior Deputy General Manager - Marketing at CDB prior to
being appointed as the Director/ CEO of Unisons Capital Leasing Ltd (UCL).
Non-Executive Chairman Roshan Abeygoonewardena, who is also the COO/
Executive Director at CDB stated that the company will take a path of
organic growth during the next three years, exploring maximum synergies
as a subsidiary company of CDB, with intentions of listing on the CSE.
"We firmly believe that this strategy will create optimum value to all
stakeholders. Unisons Capital Leasing Ltd (UCL) will also enhance its
capital base in line with its business plan and regulatory
requirements," he added.
UCL also appointed Namal Chrishantha Gomes and Dr.Janaka Wanasapura
as Independent Non-Executive Directors who will head the audit and
integrated risk management committees respectively. Gomes is a Fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and holds a MBA from
the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) and B.Sc. Accountancy
(Special) from University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He is a Director in
some listed and private companies. Dr. Wansapura has a PhD in Physics
from University of Cincinnati, USA, was a Fellow at Stanford University
and an Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital prior to
joining the University of Colombo as a senior lecturer. |