Microfinance specialist Ravi Tissera joins LB Finance Board

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Ravi Tissera

LB Finance PLC has appointed Ravi Tissera to its Board as an Executive Director.

Tissera is an inclusive finance, impact investing and green finance and MSME Sector specialist.

He was the founder CEO of LOLC Microcredit Ltd. in 2008, which was later merged with and acquired by LOLC Finance PLC in 2018. He continued as Executive Deputy Chairman/CEO of the merged entity until February 2020.

Tissera played a vital role in expanding microfinance entities outside Sri Lanka for the LOLC group, to Myanmar, Cambodia, Pakistan and Zambia.

After holding many senior positions within the LOLC Group, Tissera resigned in February 2020 to take up office as CEO at Early Dawn Microfinance Myanmar Ltd. As the CEO of Early Dawn Microfinance, he was able to uplift the Company up to Myanmar’s top four microfinance institutions.

During his term, it was also the first MFI in Myanmar to complete long -term debt restructuring. Tissera has strong competencies in Corporate Finance and lead the first USD syndicate debt finance to the Non-Bank Financial Institutions sector in Sri Lanka.

He is professionally qualified as a marketer and has received executive education training at HBS. He is also a panellist and resource person in the inclusive finance, impact investing and green finance space. Tissera has served as an Alternate Director of Seylan Bank PLC.

Prior to his appointment as the Chief Transformation Officer of L B Finance in March 2025, Tissera served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of HNB Finance PLC during the period April 2024 to March 2025.

He counts for over 15 years’ experience as a CEO in the Non-Bank Financial Institutions sector, both in Sri Lanka and Myanmar.