Chanaka Liyanage takes over as Chief Agency Officer of AIA Sri Lanka

AIA Sri Lanka announced the appointment of Chanaka Liyanage as the company’s Chief Agency Officer, effective 01st April 2023. 
In this role, he takes over AIA Sri Lanka’s Agency Sales Distribution with over 100 branches, 4,000 Wealth Planners and 500 Agency Leaders spread across Sri Lanka. In his new role Chanaka will lead the next phase of the agency trajectory of the company, focused on growth and expansion of AIA’s unique Wealth Planner centred agency sales channel. 
Chanaka commenced his journey with AIA Sri Lanka in November 2019 and was seconded to TATA AIA India on a short-term assignment, where he was part of the project team that launched TATA AIA’s full time Premier Agency channel in India. Functioning thereafter as the company’s Deputy Chief Agency Officer, he was instrumental in shaping the digital transformation ofthe company’s Agency Channel.
Chanaka started his career as a banker with HSBC Sri Lanka, joining as a Banking Assistant and going up the ranks of Senior Manager, ending up asthe Head of Sales of HSBC Sri Lanka. 
He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Southern Queensland,an Advanced Diploma in Management Accountancy (CIMA) and a Diploma in Marketing from the Charted Institute of Marketing (CIM). He has been a member of the eminent Panel of Judges for the National Sales Congress (NASCO) by SLIM since 2016. He is a proud product of Royal College Colombo 07. 
AIA’s CEO Chathuri Munaweera congratulated Chanaka on his appointment while noting, “At AIA Sri Lanka, we are very proud of our Wealth Planner Agency Sales force, and it has been a privilege to develop young leaders in the caliber of Chanaka to take on its new generation of senior leadership positions.
Chanaka’s extensive background in the financial industry, innovative business development mind-set and energetic leadershipstyle will no doubt strengthen our Channel Distribution.  It demonstrates our commitment to people development and our ambitions to grow and expand our unique market and customer presence in Sri Lanka to serve millions of people to live healthier, longer, better lives”.