Board of Directors

S V Wanigasekera
B.Com.(Lond) F.C.A. (England & Wales)
Chairman

Stanley Vincent Wanigasekera, B.Com (London), F.C.A. (UK), F.C.A (Sri Lanka) was appointed as Chairman of Central Finance Company PLC in the year 2006 consequent to the retirement of Chandra Wijenaike,the Founder Director of the Company. He has been a member of the Board since 1st February 1983. He has served as the Executive Chairman of Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC and was a Director of Hatton National Bank PLC, Richard Peiris & Company PLC, Associated Motorways PLC and Brown & Company PLC. He currently serves on the Board of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC and is the Chairman of Central Industries PLC. He has over 53 years of finance and management experience in Sri Lanka.

 

E Wijenaike
B.Com.(UK), M.B.I.M.
Managing Director

Eranjith Wijenaike is the Managing Director of Central Finance Company PLC and has been a Member on the Board since 1st April 1983. He is the Deputy Chairman of Nations Trust Bank PLC as well as a director of several companies within and outside the Group including Tea Smallholder Factories PLC and Central Industries PLC. He has over 28 years experience and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and a Postgraduate Diploma in Finance and Management. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management (UK). 

 

G S N Peiris
F.C.A.(SL), F.C.M.A.(UK), F.B.I.M.(UK), FCT(UK)., F.I.C.M.(SL)
Director Finance

Shamil Peiris is the Director Finance of Central Finance Company PLC and has been a Member on the Board since 1st April 1983. He serves on the Boards of many companies within the Group and outside. He possesses over 32 years of post qualification management experience. He is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Credit Management & Society of Certified Management Accountants -Sri Lanka, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, British Institute of Management and Association of Corporate Treasurers-UK.

 

Mrs. C Kiriella
(Attorney-at-Law, Notary Public & Solicitor)
Director Legal

Charmaine Kiriella is the Director Legal of Central Finance Company PLC and has been a member on the Board since 15th November 1985. She is a Director of several companies within the Group. She qualified as an Attorney-at-Law with a First Class in 1974 in Sri Lanka and also as a Solicitor in the UK in 1978.She possesses over 25 years of management experience.

 

M S Wijenaike
B.A. (Cey), FCII (Lond.)
Director

Sidantha Wijenaike is the Managing Director of CF Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Central Finance Group. He was appointed to the Board of Central Finance Company PLC on 17th November 1997. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from the University of Ceylon, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London. Sidantha Wijenaike was formerly General Manager, Insurance Corporation of Sri Lanka, and later Chief Executive Officer of the UN established Asian Reinsurance Corporation, Bangkok. He retired in 1995 to establish CF Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd. which has been the Broker with the largest turnover over the past years.He has over 47 years experience, both locally and internationally in Insurance and Management.

 

U L Kadurugamuwa
(Attorney-at-Law)
Director 

Udaya Kadurugamuwa is the Precedent Partner of F.J. & G. De Saram, Attorneys- at-Law. He is also a director of Corporate Services (Private) Limited, an associate company of F.J.& De Saram, which acts as secretaries to the Company. U.L. Kadurugamuwa has more than 40 years of experience as a corporate lawyer.

 

G C B Wijeyesinghe
F.I.C.A. (SL), F.A.A.P.A. (UK) 
Director 

Gamini Wijeyesinghe is a Fulbright Scholar of the graduate school of management of the Ohio State University, U.S.A and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Sri Lanka and was FAPA (UK) - Retired. He was appointed to the Board of Central Finance Company PLC on 1st June 2001. He possesses over 42 years management experience at very senior levels both locally and internationally. He was a Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Organisation of Professional Association of Sri Lanka. He has served on the Boards of KPMG-Asia Pacific and on the External Audit Committee of the IMF and holds Directorates in other public quoted companies. He was conferred a Doctorate (D.litt) Honoris Causa, by the Post Graduate Institute of Management affiliated to the University of Jayawardenapura for his contributions in the field of Management Science.

 

R Rambukwella
B.A. (Econ), M.C.I.M., A.C.I., M.I.M.I.
Director (Marketing)/General Manager

Ravi Rambukwelle is the Director Marketing and Operations of Central Finance Company PLC and was appointed to the Board on 20th February 2002.He has over 30 years of management experience, both locally and internationally. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Peradeniya, a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK and a Diploma in Commerce from the Institute of Commerce UK. He serves as a Director in several companies within the Group.

 

A Gunaratne
F.C.M.A, A.C.A., CIM
Director (Group Co-ordination)

A Gunaratne has been functioning as Director/CEO of CF Venture Fund Ltd. since July 2001. He has extensively been involved in the Finance Services Sector, where he held several key positions in other organizations such as the post of a Controller at Union Bank of Colombo Ltd. and Director Financial Services at Ernst & Young prior to joining CF Venture Fund Ltd.Arjuna Gunaratne, Director Group Co-ordination of the Company, has been a member on the Board since 20th February 2002. He oversees the functions of Strategic Planning and Risk Management of the Company. He also serves on Boards of Nations Trust Bank PLC and Union Assurance PLC. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK.

 

T.K Bandaranayake
Director 

Tissa Bandaranayake, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, was appointed to the Board on 27th May 2009.He was in public practice with Ernst & Young for 27 years since 1982.He was a Senior Partner managing a large portfolio of clients both local and multinational in various industries. He was recently appointed as the First Chairman of the newly created Quality Assurance Board of Sri Lanka. He is a Director of DFCC Bank, Nawaloka Hospitals PLC and Samson International PLC and also works in the capacity of Advisor/Consultant of the Audit Committee of DFCC Vardhana Bank and of the Board of Directors of Noritake Lanka Porcelain (Pvt) Ltd.

 

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