Siyapatha Finance appoints ex-Standard Chartered Banker to its Board

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Siyapatha Finance PLC has announced the appointment of Jayantha Harischandra Gunawardena as an

Independent, Non-Executive Director to its Board with effect from 29 January 2019.

Gunawardena had a distinguished career at Standard Chartered Bank Colombo, holding a number of senior managerial positions such as Imports Manager, Exports Manager, Manager Trade Services and senior Treasury Dealer.

He has extensive knowledge and experience in Trade Services (International Operations), Treasury Operations, Retail Banking Operations, Corporate Credit, Internal Control and Inspection and Credit Administration spanning over 23 years at Standard Chartered Bank.

At the time of his early retirement from the bank, he was working as the Manager Quality Control and Operational Risks where he was mainly responsible for maintaining a stronger control environment in the Bank and further acting as the Anti-Money Laundering monitoring officer monitoring reporting of suspicious transactions to the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Subsequent to his retirement from the Bank, he joined Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants, Colombo in the 2001. At Ernst & Young he was designated as the Investigation Manager, who was a key person involved in investigations and external and Internal Audits related to complex areas such as Treasury Operations, Trade Services and Retail and Corporate Banking Operations in leading licensed Commercial Banks of Sri Lanka such as People’s Bank, Bank of Ceylon, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, Sampath Bank PLC, National Savings Bank, NDB Bank, Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka and People’s Merchant Bank.

He was also responsible for carrying out corporate governance compliance Audits for several years at number of leading Licensed Commercial Banks and Registered Finance Companies as required by the Central Bank directions.

Gunawardena holds a Diploma in Bank Management and AIB Sri Lanka Part 1 offered by the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.