Ryan, Deputy CEO at Candor

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The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)-based Eagle Propriety Investments Ltd. (EPIL) recently appointed veteran banker Ryan Perera as Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Candor in keeping with their latest strategic plan for Sri Lanka. Ryan moves into the capital markets space after serving for over 15 years in the banking industry in reputed banks namely Hatton National Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Pan Asia Bank. Ryan is well known in the industry as a private banker who has earned great respect from clients for his values, ethics and high standards of delivery.

With his visionary entrepreneurial mindset, Ryan has a reputation for taking on challenges in the banking industry that in many minds seemed impossible. Building a reputation in priority banking at Standard Chartered Bank, Ryan moved on to PABC in 2008 as the Head of Private Banking to pioneer dedicated business lines for high net-worth and also mass affluent clients. He identified the potential and laid the foundations for many new business segments involving local and international clients that has eventually grown to extents that has immensely helped the organisation and even the country. Ryan holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Sydney Australia (Sydney Graduate School of Management), Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute UK and Member of the Association of Business Executives UK. The success, reputation and legacy that Ryan has had during his career in the banking industry made him the ideal candidate for Candor’s shareholder – EPIL to have him on board to add value to the existing team headed by another renowned personality, Ravi Abeysuriya (Group Director / CEO) together with some well known names in the industry. Candor is a fully-fledged financial services company with three entities namely, Candor Asset Management, Candor Capital and Candor Equities. Since Candor was fully acquired by EPIL mid last year, the entities have gone through a rigorous restructuring and are now ready to aggressively move into the market and deliver great value to both local and international clients with plans of expanding and diversifying into new businesses in Sri Lanka.