Champika Dodanwela joins HNB Board

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Champika Dodanwela

Hatton National Bank PLC has appointed Champika Dodanwela to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

Dodanwela commenced her career at Sampath Bank in 1989 and thereafter joined Seylan Bank PLC, where she concluded her career as Chief Financial Officer, serving for over 32 years in various roles. She also played a pivotal role as Acting Chief Financial Officer of Seylan Development PLC under a special assignment offered by the bank, strengthening financial stability, resilience and governance. Currently, she is attached to a foreign-based entity in an advisory role covering investment finance, compliance, governance and risk management.

She has over 35 years of extensive experience in banking, covering integrated financial management, reporting and compliance, statutory compliance, taxation, treasury back-office operations, performance management, strategic planning, project management, business intelligence (BI) and sustainability governance.

With extensive experience and a proven track record, including nearly nine years as Chief Financial Officer, she has demonstrated strong strategic leadership in shaping the future direction of organisations, ensuring financial resilience, supporting innovation, strengthening sustainability governance, building organisational capability, managing change and driving new ways of working.

She holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colombo, a BSc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, UK, and a BSc in Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

She is a Fellow Member of ACCA UK, an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, an Associate Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

Dodanwela served as a Director of Seylan Development PLC, Transactional Lanka Record Solutions Ltd. and Transactional Lanka Ltd., representing the bank’s shareholdings.

She has also received the Zonta Award for women’s contribution to the banking sector in 2014 and the “Woman of the Year in Finance” award from the American Biographical Institute in 2008.