Priyantha Herath joins MBSL Board

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Priyantha Herath

Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka and Finance PLC (MBSL) has appointed Priyantha Herath to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

Herath is a business leader with over 27 years of experience in driving organisational growth and profitability. He has served in senior leadership capacities, including as Chief Financial Officer and member of top management roles across various industries.

He is the Founder/CEO PNB Holdings Ltd., a multi-award-winning BPO company in Sri Lanka catering to a global clientele. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Infinity Gift Card Ltd.

Herath held several key positions in the financial services sector, including Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Member of MBSL Insurance Company Ltd., Deputy General Manager/Assistant Director of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance PLC where he served from September 2007 to September 2016.

Herath is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and an Associate Member of the Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka.

He holds an MBA from the University of Colombo and a BSc (special) degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

In addition, he holds a Six Sigma Green Belt certification from the National Institute of Business Management. Since 2014, he has been a Lecturer in Financial Statement Analysis for CMA Australia at the Academy of Finance.

He has also served as a Lecturer in Business Analysis and Valuation for the MBA in Finance program at the University of Colombo (2016–2022) and as a Lecturer in Financial Management and Economics at the Institute of Accounting Studies (1999–2006).