Corporate management team

Mr Nanayakkara joined CDB in 2001 and counts over 30 years experience in financial services. Over the last two decades he successfully spearheaded a dynamic team of young professionals who were instrumental in transforming CDB from a negative net worth company to the dynamic entity it is today. He was instrumental in establishing the Autism Trust Fund, a collaboration between CDB and the Sri Lanka Association for Child Development (SLACD) which focuses on the early detection and intervention of autism in Sri Lanka.

Mr Tennakoon counts over 25 years experience in Finance, Treasury, Risk management, Compliance, Recovery and Strategic Planning. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants,UK and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Mr Abeygoonewardena was appointed to the Board in 2011. He counts over 27 years experience in the financial services industry and three years in the manufacturing industry. He is the Past Chairman of The Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka (FHASL), the apex body for the Finance Companies in Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management.

Mr De Silva was appointed to the Board on 1st January 2012 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and thereafter appointed as an Executive Director – Business Operations in October 2016. He counts 19 years experience in the financial services sector. He holds a BSc (Business Administration) special degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, (UK).

Mr Munasinghe was appointed to the Board in April 2011. He counts over 29 years experience in the Leasing Industry. He was instrumental in setting up leasing operations at CDB including credit evaluations, recoveries, operations and marketing. He holds an MBA from the Federation University of Australia.

Mr Elangovan was appointed to the Board with effect from 1 July 2020. He was the president of SLIM in 2017/18 and was Director/CEO of a subsidiary of CDB consequent to its amalgamation. He is a Chartered Marketer, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing of UK and Fellow of Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing. He holds a BSc. in Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM). He was conferred the Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Marketing of Malaysia. He has attended Executive Development Programmes at Harvard Business School (HBS) Boston, USA. He also holds a National Diploma in Human Resource Management (IPM) and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) as well.

Mr Attygalle holds a MBA from the University of Lincoln, UK. He is a Member of the British Computer Society, UK, Member of the Institute of Management Information Systems, UK and Member of the Australian Computer Society. Mr Attygalle counts over 35 years experience in the field of Information Technology.

Ms Kodagoda holds an Executive MBA from University of Colombo and she is an Associate Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management. She counts over 24 years experience in the Finance Business Industry and is an expert in the operational aspects of Finance, HR, Credit Administration and Branch Operations. Ms Kodagoda has served CDB for 24 years.

Mr Dassanayake holds an honours degree of Bachelor of Commerce from University of Colombo and an MBA from University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM). He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He counts over 15 years experience at CDB.

Mr Jayawardana holds an MBA from Open University of Malaysia and an Intermediate Diploma in Banking. He counts over 30 years experience in the Banking and Finance Business Industry.

Mr Kotigala holds an MBA from the University of Wales. He has gained both local and international experience prior to joining CDB. He counts over 8 years experience in well-recognised multinational companies. Mr Kotigala has served CDB for over 14 years.

Mr Fernando counts 30 years experience in the Banking and Finance Business Industry. He has served CDB for over 12 years.

Mr Gunasinghe holds Master of Financial Economics (MFE) from the University of Colombo, an MBA from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Financial Administration from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is a Certified Professional Marketer of the Asia Marketing Federation and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM). He counts over 22 years experience in the Finance Business Industry and has served CDB for over 19 years.

Mr Chandrajith holds a BSc (Accountancy) (Sp) from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He is an Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He counts 18 years experience in Financial Management and Auditing and has served CDB for over 11 years.

Mr Jayasinghe is a professional Marketer with over 15 years experience in Strategic Marketing, Marketing Communications and Sales Management in local and International markets. He is a Chartered Marketer of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK and Doctoral student of Business Administration of the University of Kelaniya. He is the President of Marketing Alumni of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He holds a Masters in Business Studies from the University of Colombo and 1st Class Bachelor's Degree in Marketing Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Mr Dharmadasa holds an MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University UK and a degree of bachelor of Arts from University of Peradeniya. He counts over 25 years of experience in the sales, marketing and financial services industry.

Ms Panagoda hold a MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK and she is also an Associate Member of Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management. She counts 21 years experience in the fields of Credit Operations, Insurance Operations & Deposit Operations at CDB.

Mr Ranathunga is an Associate member of Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management, an Associate member of Institute of Certified Professional Manager and also an Associate member of United Kingdom Association of Professionals. He holds a Diploma in Agriculture. He joined CDB in 1998, and has been with CDB over a periods of 22 years excelling in the post disbursement follow-up-division.

Mr Ranasinghe is a highly experienced and well-known professional in the Sales in the Finance sector. He counts 17 years experience in sales for lending and deposits prodcuts. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and a Masters Degree in Business Management (Australia).

Mr Priyantha holds a BSc (special) degree from the faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya and MBA from Post Graduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He was awarded the gold award in supervisor category of financial services and products at the NASCO awards, 2013 organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing and Silver Award in Territory Manager category in 2015. He joined CDB in February, 2005 as a sales trainee. He has 16 years experiences in the field of sales and marketing with an extensive progress in leasing and lending sales strategy.

Ms Silva has been associated with CDB since 1998. She counts over 23 years experience in sales and marketing in the financial services industry and over 10 years experience in business development management. She was awarded the “best female sales person of the year” and Territory Manager silver award in the finance sector category at SLIM-NASCO 2013.