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Seylan Bank PLC has appointed Wasantha Batagoda to its Board as a Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director.
Batagoda is an Attorney-at-Law, who counts nearly two decades of experience as a lawyer, having been in practice in criminal law, public law and in fundamental rights both in the appellate courts and in original courts.
He holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) and a Master of Law (LLM) from the University of Colombo. He is currently reading for his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law at the University of Colombo.
He joined LOLC Group in 2014. He has held the positions of both Assistant General Manager and Deputy General Manager of Legal and Strategic Business of LOLC Holdings PLC. He currently serves as the Chief Legal Officer of the LOLC Group and serves as a Director in several LOLC Group Companies. He served as the Chairperson of the Corporate Lawyer’s Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka from 2021 to 2022. He served as Non-Executive Non-Independent director of DFCC Bank from September 2022 to December 2024.
Further, he is the Non-Executive Chairman of Browns Development Ltd., Non-Executive Director of Gal Oya Plantation Ltd., Fortigrains Ltd. (Singapore), Fortigrains Lanka Ltd., Ceylon Nano - Diagnostic Ltd., LOLC Asset Holdings Ltd., Leapstitch Apparel Ltd., LOLC Geo Technologies Ltd., Browns Agri Solutions Ltd., Browns Properties Ltd. and LOLC (Philippine) Corporation.
