Upul Wijesinghe appointed to AIA Sri Lanka Board of Directors

AIA Sri Lanka has announced the appointment of Upul Wijesinghe as an Executive Director of the Board of Directors (BOD) with effect from January 30, 2023, subject to the approval of the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka. Mr. Wijesinghe is AIA Sri Lanka’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Distribution Officer, and a highly respected insurance professional with over 30 years of industry experience.

Mr. Wijesinghe started his journey with the Company as a Graduate Management Trainee, and has gained extensive exposure in general management and general insurance including sales, technical covering, underwriting, and reinsurance and in multiple distribution channels at various levels. He has received both local and international training opportunities with the Company. He previously held the statutory positions of Specified Officer and the Principal Officer of the Company as well.

Mr. Wijesinghe is an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of UK and a Chartered Insurer. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Colombo and a Post Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Science from Uva Wellassa University.

He was President of the Sri Lanka Insurance Institute (SLII) from 2001 to 2003, and was instrumental in establishing SLII’s Insurance Agency qualification examination and the National Insurance Congress. He was inducted to the SLII Hall of Fame in 2015.

Mr. Wijesinghe was also instrumental in setting up AIA’s highly successful life agency sales force and its best-in-class operational model island wide. He has received many accolades locally and internationally including AIA Group’s ‘Best Growth CAO Award 2021’ and ‘2H Rebound CAO Challenge Category 2020’. This new appointment to AIA Sri Lanka’s BOD is yet another outstanding milestone in his professional journey.