Aravinda Perera appointed Siyapatha Finance Chairman

Former Sampath Bank Managing Director Aravinda Perera has been appointed as the Chairman of Siyapatha Finane PLC, the finance subsidiary of Sampath Bank, with effect from October 7, 2016.
Siyapatha Finance has obtained the approval of the Central Bank for this appointment. 

Channa Palansuriya, who functioned as the Chairman of Siyapatha Finance will continue to serve the board as a non independent executive director of the company.

Palansuriya currently functions as Sampath Bank Chairman. Aravinda was recently appointed to the Hayleys PLC board as an independent non executive director.

Both Sampath Bank and Hayleys are controlled by billionaire businessman Dhammika Perera. 
Aravinda is a member of the Institute of Engineers (Sri Lanka) (MIESL) and a Chartered Engineer. (C.Eng.) He is also a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) (FCMA) and a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers – Sri Lanka (FIB).   He also holds an MBA from the Post Graduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenepura.

In honour of his contribution to the banking industry in Sri Lanka, Perera was presented with the “CEO Leadership Achievement Award 2016” by the Asian Banker.

 He was also the recipient of the ‘Platinum Honours – 2014’ Award conferred by the Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni (PIMA) of the University of 
Sri Jayawardenepura.