Legal expert Gayani Premathilake appointed to HDFC Bank Board

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Gayani Premathilake has been appointed to the Board of HDFC Bank PLC as a Non Independent, Non-Executive Director.

Attorney-at-Law Premathilake is presently working as the Chief Legal Officer of the Public Administration Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry. She started her career as Legal Officer Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry in 2007.

Premathilake is a dedicated Legal Officer with over two decades of progressive experience in academia and Sri Lanka’s public sector. She began her career as a Visiting Lecturer on Commercial Law at Ratnapura Technical College (2002–2004), before moving into public service as a Legal Officer of the Local Government and Provincial Councils Ministry in 2007, where she continue to serve in a legal advisory capacity.

She is an experienced Legal professional in public sector, specialising in Local Government and Provincial Council laws. She has served in Public Sector nearly two decades adept at identifying areas for legal reform and preparing draft bills and amendments to support effective local administration. She committed to driving legislative improvements related to the sub national level governance in order to ensure democratic governance at the Local and Provincial levels through her expert legal knowledge. She holds Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree from University of Colombo, Master of Human Rights from University of Colombo and Master of Laws (LLM) from Cardiff Metropolitan University of UK.