The 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association of Professional Bankers (APB), Sri Lanka was held recently at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo where a minimum number of members attended the meeting physically in compliance with prevailing Health and Safety measures while majority of members attended the
meeting virtually.
The Association of Professional Bankers, Sri Lanka was formed in July 1988 by a group of dedicated senior bankers, and has been the most represented organization of banking professionals in the island.
The APB was formed with a mission to sustain the highest standards of professionalism and integrity among bakers, to advance public interest and to influence the achievement of the highest ethical standards and governance in the banking industry. Also, APB functions as a forum that brings together leading personalities in business administration to have intellectual discussion in the contemporary banking and
economic context.
At the 32nd AGM, APB members elected office bearers and council members for the year 2021/2022. Accordingly, K.B. Rajapakse was unanimously elected as the 32nd President of this premier Association of Bankers in the country.
Rajapakse counts nearly 34 years of experience in the Banking Industry, having started his career at People’s Bank in 1987, after graduating from the University of Sri Jayawardenpura. Rajapakse functions as the Senior Deputy General Manager, Payment & Digital at the People’s Bank.
Following members were elected as office bearers of APB for the year 2021/2022 during the AGM: President K. B. Rajapakse (Senior Deputy General Manager – Payment & Digital- Peoples’ Bank), Senior Vice President Jeremy De Zilva (Deputy General Manager - Head of Internal Audit - Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC), Vice President B.A.H.S. Preena (Assistant General Manager - Corporate Banking - Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC), Vice President Halin Hettigoda (Head of Deposit Mobilization - Sampath Bank PLC), Secretary General Anton Arumugam (Vice President- Trade Sales and Institutional Business -
DFCC Bank PLC).
Assistant Secretary Mahesha Amarasuriya (Assistant General Manager – Card Services - Cargills Bank Ltd), Treasurer Indika Kudagamage (Assistant Vice President - Business Banking, SME, Micro Finance & Liability - National Development Bank PLC), Immediate Past President Aruna Fernando (Chief Risk Officer- Seylan Bank PLC), Council Member K. Raveendran (Senior Deputy General Manager – Operations - National Savings Bank), Council Member M. R. N. Rohana Kumara (Deputy General Manager - Recovery Provinces, Business Revival & Rehabilitation - Bank of Ceylon), Council Member Theekshana Pandithasekara (Head of Retail Banking - SDB Bank), Council Member Hasrath Munasinghe (Deputy General Manager – Marketing - Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC), Council Member Christine S. Jesudian Deputy (General Manager – Credit - National Savings Bank), Council Member Anjali Goonetilake (Senior Manager-Operations - Sampath Bank PLC), Council Member A. S. M. W. Kumarasiri (Assistant General Manager – Trade Finance - Peoples Bank), Council Member Asitha Pinnaduwa (Assistant Vice President- Private Banking - Nations Trust Bank PLC), Council Member Isuru Jayaweera (Assistant General Manager – Settlement & Operations Department - Bank of China Colombo Branch).
Following members were elected to Advisory Committee 2021/2022: A. Kathiravelupillai, Piyal Hennayake, Hennayake Bandara, Lakshman Silva, Dimantha Seneviratne, Deepal Abeysekera, Shashi K. Jassim, Asanka Ranhotty, Bhanu Wijayaratne and Jagath Gamanayake.
Following were elected as members to the Fund Management Committee 2021/2022: Hennayake Bandara, Aravinda Perera, Sunil de Silva and Shashi Kandambi Jassim.
