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| Prof. Dewasiri N. Jayantha |
PMF Finance PLC has appointed Prof. Dewasiri N. Jayantha to its Board as a Non-Executive Independent Director.
Prof. Jayantha is a full Professor of Finance (on merit) at the Faculty of Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, and the Honorary President of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing with 17 years of senior industry experience before entering academia.
He brings a blend of practical financial expertise and scholarly excellence. He was part of the pioneering team that introduced triangulation research approaches to the finance discipline in 2019, strengthening methodological rigour in the field.
Prof. Jayanatha has published over 70 scholarly articles in Scopus-indexed journals, including leading outlets such as Managerial Finance, Journal of Global Information Management, and Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, Journal of Public Affairs, and International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
He is the Founding Editor of the South Asian Journal of Marketing (Emerald Publishing), Senior Associate Editor of FHB Business Review (Q1 in Scopus, SAGE Publishing), and an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE (Q1 in Web of Science).
He obtained his PhD in Finance from the University of Colombo, MSc in applied Finance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and BA (Hons) in Business from the Wrexham Glyndwer University, UK.
Recently, he has been accredited as a Fellow Chartered Manager (FCMI CMgr) by the Chartered Institute of Management, UK and Fellow Membership of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. Considering his valuable contribution to research and academia, Emerald Publishing, UK, has appointed him the first Brand Ambassador for its South Asian region.
