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| Dilshan Hettiaratchi |
Sampath Bank has appointed Dilshan Hettiaratchi to its Board as a Non-Executive Independent Director.
Dilshan Hettiaratchi is a finance professional with over 30 years’ experience. He has held senior roles both in organisations in Sri Lanka and Overseas. He is the Managing Director of Faber Capital Limited, which is an investment banking firm headquartered in Dubai. The firm specialises in capital markets, renewable energy and advisory opportunities. He was intricately involved in the establishment of Sri Lanka’s first Utility Scale Solar PV project. Prior to joining Faber Capital, he was the Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets - MENA and Pakistan for Standard Chartered Bank. In this role he was instrumental in advising many high profile issuers from the Middle East such as The Governments of Dubai, Bahrain and Ras Al Khaimah, and other Corporates and Financial Institutions from the Middle Eastern region to tap the International Capital Markets. He is also the Chairman of Sampath Securities Ltd, and was a Board Member of Amana Bank PLC and Windforce PLC.
He was also a Steering Committee member of the Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association (GBSA), and the Chair of the Government Bond issuance committee in 2011. He has been a speaker/panellist at a number of industry conferences in Debt Markets.
He holds an MBA from the University of Colombo, is a CFA Charter Holder and is an ACMA. He also completed Leading Across Boundaries which is a High Performance Leadership Programme offered by Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford.
