Nations Trust Bank welcomes two new members to the Board
Nations Trust Bank is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr Dhammika Prassanna De Silva and Ms Neelendra Shalini Panditaratne as Non Executive Directors with effective from 1st of January 2012.
Mr Dhammika Prasanna De Silva currently serves as a Director of Central Finance Company PLC and possesses 22 years of experience in the banking and finance industry of which 15 years has been in senior managerial positions. His expertise in credit appraisals, recoveries, operating systems, tax, regulatory framework and legal sectors at operational and managerial levels will be useful in Nations Trust Banks' systematic development drive in the year of 2012. Among Mr. De Silva's professional qualifications are an Associate Membership of the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) - USA and Associate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) - UK. He has also held the position of the past chairman of the Leasing Association of Sri Lanka.
Mrs. Shalini Panditaratne is a Chartered Accountant, Sri Lanka and, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. She has international experience in Corporate and Investment Banking at senior management level, primarily in Credit Risk Management and Analysis. She initially worked as an accountant in Sri Lanka and Zambia and commenced her career in corporate banking in Bahrain.
After moving to Australia, she worked for seventeen years with JP Morgan Chase Bank Sydney (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank) in various roles including as Vice President, Head of Country Credit in Singapore and later in Thailand. She also held the position of Head of Asia Credit and Capital Management, S.E Asia. Mrs. Panditaratne has provided credit training for Sydney-based financial institutions in corporate credit risk analysis and credit risk management