Chairman at the National Human Resource Development Council of Sri Lanka Dinesh Weerakkody will be the new chairman of t Hatton National Bank (HNB) from May 26.
This follows the retirement of current chairman Rienzie Arseculeratne as HNB chairman on May 25 having reached 70 years, the bank said in a stock market filing yesterday.
Weerakkody also served as chairman of Commercial Bank earlier. He joined HNB’s board last year as a non-independent, non-executive director. The statement said, he has now been confirmed as an independent, non-executive director by the Board Nomination Committee after a re-assessment of his fitness and proprietary to continue as a director of a commercial bank.
Weerakkody is one of the country’s most experienced bank directors, having served on the boards of DFCC Bank Plc and Commercial Bank. He has also held several other senior management positions in both private and public sector. He is also an advisor to the Tourism Ministry.
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