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Ananda Jayawardana
Nations Trust Bank has appointed Ananda Jayawardana to its Board as its Independent Non-Executive Director.
Jayawardana is a senior finance professional with over 25 years of international experience in Leveraged and Structured Finance, Debt Capital Markets and Corporate Banking with extensive expertise in originating, structuring, and executing complex cross-border financing solutions across Asia leveraging export credit agencies, multilaterals, and global financial institutions.
His previous appointments include Head of Structured Export Finance (ASEAN and South Asia) and Executive Director – Leveraged and Structured Solutions at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore; Executive Director – Primary Debt Markets at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Hong Kong; and Director – Structured Lending (Asia Pacific), Hong Kong and earlier Assistant Vice President/Team Head – Corporate Banking at ABN AMRO Bank, Sri Lanka.
He holds an MBA in Corporate Finance from Georgia State University, USA, and a BBA in Economics from Georgia College, USA, and has also completed professional trainings including Aspiring Directors Program, INSEAD and High Potential program and Bankers Training Program, ABN AMRO Bank.