The Trade Finance Association of Bankers at its 22nd Annual General Meeting held on February 27, at the Rainbow Room, Grand Oriental Hotel, elected its new Council for the year 2019/2020.
Trade Finance Association of Bankers has from its inception, been actively engaged in imparting knowledge and the required skills to its members by conducting seminars, lectures, discussions, workshops, on a wide range of topics relating to International Trade.
Educating the Sri Lankan entrepreneurs who are engaged in International Trade is also an objective of the Association in order to assist them to keep abreast of the changes that are taking place in the Industry.
The Membership comprises from almost all commercial banks operating in Sri Lanka. A number of senior bankers play major roles in conducting its activities towards the achievement of the goals and objectives of the Association.
The Association is backed by an Advisory Committee comprising of four senior bankers and former TFAB Presidents A. Kathiravelupillai (Inaugural President), Michael Peiris, Nilam Jumat and Thushy David, all having extensive experience in the International Banking business.
The following persons were elected as office-bearers of the Trade Finance Association of Bankers for the year 2019/2020 during the annual general meeting.
President - A.S.M.W. Kumarasiri, Assistant General Manager - Trade Finance, Peoples Bank. Senior Vice President - Lawrian Somanader Chief Manager - Exports, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC. Vice President - Janath Ilangantileke, Assistant General Manager – Trade & Financial Institutions , Hatton National Bank PLC. Secretary General - Sanjeewa Jayasooriya, Standard Chartered Bank Limited. Treasurer - Shyam De Silva ,Hatton National Bank PLC. Assistant Secretary - K.R. Naguleswaran, DFCC Bank PLC. Assistant Treasurer - Senaka De Silva, National Development Bank PLC. Immediate Past President - Susantha Fernando, Seylan Bank PLC.
Other council members comprise of:
Gaya Manamperi (formerly at Sampath Bank) , Manjula Gunawardana (National Development Bank PLC), , Neil Handapangoda (Citi Bank N.A), Kasun Muthukuda (Nations Trust Bank PLC), Indika Liyanage (Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC), Kanchana De Silva (Union Bank of Colombo PLC), Susantha Weerasinghe (People’s Bank), Tharinda Amarasinghe ( Sampath Bank PLC), Niranjan Dabare (Deutsche Bank AG), K. K. Susantha (Bank of Ceylon), Rochelle Fernando (Bank of Ceylon), Imthiyaz Rajab (The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd), Saroja Pathirana (Sampath Bank PLC).
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