Kekulawala joins Softlogic Holdings Board

Ex-banker Nihal Kekulawala has joined the Board of Softlofic Holdings PLC as an Independent Director.

He also currently serves on the Boards of Pan Asia Banking Corporation, AMW Capital Leasing and Finance, Lanka Walltiles, Lanka Ceramics, Lanka Ventures, LVL Energy Fund and Continental Insurance Lanka Ltd.

Kekulawala counts over 30 years of result-oriented financial management experience in the financial services industry. He has worked as a consultant who was responsible for setting up Pan Oceanic Bank in Solomon Islands and functioned as its Director/CEO for three years until 2016. Prior to that he held senior management positions at the Hatton National Bank Plc and at the time of retirement in December 2012 he was the Senior Deputy General Manager of Strategy and Compliance.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in England. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Manchester, England. He has also undergone extensive management and leadership development studies at Stanford University in USA, Institute of Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland, University of Melbourne in Australia and Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines. 

He is a Past President of the Association of Professional Bankers in Sri Lanka.

With the latest appointment, the Board of Softlogic Holdings comprisesChairman and Managing Director Ashok Pathirage, H. Gunawardena, H. Kaimal, R. Perera, R. Rasool, S. Selliah, P.L. De Alwis, G.L.H. Premaratne, A.S. Dharmasiri, A.R. Davidson, S. Saraf (C.K. Gupta as his alternate) and J.D.N. Kekulawala.