Coralie Pietersz joins RIL Property Board of Directors

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R I L Property PLC has announced the appointment of Coralie Pietersz as a director, with effect from 25 March.

Coralie is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. She has a BSc (Hons) in Physics from the University of Sussex and holds a MBA from Heriot – Watt University, Edinburgh.

She trained with Thornton Baker Chartered Accountants, in London, now known as Grant Thornton. On her return to Sri Lanka, she joined the Mahaweli Authority, one of the country’s major projects at that time. Her next move was to the banking sector. She was the Finance Manager of Commercial Bank of Ceylon before moving onto roles in internal audit and corporate banking.

After a stint as CFO of Nations Trust Bank, Coralie joined Richard Pieris as CFO of the plantation sector. A promotion to Group CFO followed rapidly, a role that entailed responsibility for the finance function of this diversified group, which included five listed companies.

Coralie joined Finlays Colombo in November 2010, as Finance Director and was appointed as Finance Director of Hapugastenne Plantations and Udupussellawa Plantations PLC in 2016 and held these roles until 2020. She is currently the Managing Director of Compass Advisory Services Ltd., a provider of equity research and analytical support to clients.

She is an Independent Non-Executive Director and the chair of the audit committee of Seylan Bank PLC, People’s Leasing and Finance PLC, Bogala Graphite Lanka PLC and Hemas Pharmaceuticals Ltd.