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LOLC Finance’s longstanding CEO and Managing Director Brindley de Zylva is to oversee parent LOLC’s operations in Cambodia and Myanmar, the company announced.
He will relinquish his present duties with effect from 30 September. LOLC Finance said he has been nominated by Lanka Orix Leasing Plc to take up overseas assignments in LOLC Cambodia Plc and LOLC Myanmar Microfinance Ltd.
Brindley was appointed to the Board as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in April 2003 and was entrusted with the task of launching the company, which commenced commercial operations in June 2003.
He has been engaged in the Non-Banking Financial Services (NBFI) Sector during the past 31 years and has served in both Licensed Finance Companies and Specialised Leasing Companies holding General Management positions prior to taking over as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company. He has a wide range of expertise and experience in the NBFI sector; covering Marketing and Sales, Credit and Recovery Management and Finance.
A Fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management, Brindley was elected as its Honorary Secretary in 2010, and continues to serve the institute in this capacity. Furthermore, as a Member of the Council of Management of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka over the last nine years, four of which he has served as one of its Vice Chairmen, and as a Director of The Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd., he continues to impart his knowledge and experience for the benefit of the industry as a whole.
He also serves in an honorary capacity as a Non-Executive Director of Navajeevana Rehabilitation - Tangalle.