New Head of Marketing at HNB Assurance

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HNB Assurance has announced the appointment of marketing professional Dilshan Perera as the company’s new Head of Marketing.

As Head of Marketing at HNB Assurance, Perera will focus on enhancing marketing communications and customer relations strategies in streamlining the company’s efforts to connect with its stakeholders better, the announcement said.

Perera brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his role, being backed by an outstanding track record in marketing in the service industry. He has nine years of experience in marketing at four well-established companies in Sri Lanka, which also include a leading insurance company and a bank.

Perera holds a Bachelor of Business Management (Marketing) special with second class upper division honours from the University of Kelaniya and a Professional Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) – UK.

He is a Chartered Marketer, Member of CIM, Member of Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) and also a Member of the Institute of Management (MIM) Sri Lanka and currently reading for MBA (Final Year) at PIM – University of Sri Jayawardanepura.

Perera is an old boy of De Mazenod College, Kandana, and was awarded ‘Most Outstanding Student’ at De Mazenod College in 2001.

HNB Assurance PLC is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in Sri Lanka with a network of 50 branches. It has been awarded ‘A (lka)’ as its insurer financial strength rating and national long term rating by Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd.