Board of Directors

Mr. Chapman holds an MBA from the University of Colombo and a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. Additionally, he possesses a Diploma in Life Insurance Sales and Marketing from the Life Underwriters Training Council, USA, and a Diploma in Business Management from the National Institute of Business Management, Sri Lanka. His distinguished affiliations include being a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK, and the Institute of Management, UK, as well as a Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Australia With over 40 years of managerial expertise in sales, marketing, and general management functions, Mr. Chapman has made significant contributions across diverse industries such as Healthcare, FMCG, Consumer Durables, Insurance, Banking, and Telecommunications. His leadership extends beyond our organization, as he serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hemas Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Limited and United Motors Lanka PLC. Mr. Chapman's illustrious career includes a tenure as the former Managing Director of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals, where he also sat on the Boards of Glaxo Wellcome Ceylon Limited and SmithKline Beecham Pvt. Ltd. Prior roles encompassed leadership positions such as Managing Director of the Hemas Healthcare Sector, Marketing Director at Reckitt Benckiser, and Senior Brand Manager at Unilever. He has also held the positions of Managing Director/CEO at Lanka Orix Leasing Company and Director Life at Ceylinco Insurance. Notably, Mr. Chapman served as a former Director/CEO of Janashakthi Insurance PLC. His contributions extend beyond corporate roles, as evidenced by his involvement in industry associations. Mr. Chapman has served as the Honorary President and a Founder Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka. He has held the position of President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry, the apex body for the pharmaceutical sector in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, he has served as Co- Chairman of the Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics Steering Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Fernando is a Fellow member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of United Kingdom. He has been awarded a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 1992. He holds Directorship in Addison (Pvt) Ltd and HealthCey (Pvt) Ltd also serving as a non-executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC and Consultant - Strategy of Melstacorp PLC. He served as the Executive Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited from 2003 to 2009 and held Board positions in companies in sectors of Food & beverage, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Finance, Asset Management, and in Unit Trusts.

Mr. Sanjaya Wijemanne is the Deputy General Manager – Retail & SME Banking at Hatton National Bank PLC and manage the areas of Personal Financial Services (Leasing, Pawning, Personal & Housing Loans), SME/Microfinance, Credit Cards, Sales & Business Development, Network Management, Deposit Mobilization, Marketing Communications, Customer Service, Club & Priority Banking, Digital Banking, Inward Remittances & Exchange House Relationships and Bancassurance. He has a B.Sc. in Business & Finance from Mount Saint Mary’s University, USA. He is also a Director at Acuity Stockbrokers (Pvt) Ltd, Acuity Partners (Pvt) Ltd and LankaClear (Pvt) Ltd. He commenced his career with Ceylinco Securities & Financial Services and then joined HNB as a Management Trainee/ Executive. Thereafter, he joined HSBC where he held different positions such as Vice President-Custody & Clearing, Head of Sales, Head of Branches including Premier Banking, Branch Manager- Kollupitiya Branch/Manager Premier Center. He then joined Standard Chartered Bank & held position of Head of Retail Banking, General Manager - Premium Banking Branch Sales & Services and General Manager- Wealth Management Value Center.

Mr. Arjuna Abeygunasekara counts over 20 years of experience in the Banking Sector including branch banking and treasury management in four leading commercial banks in the country. He currently holds the position of Deputy General Manager – Treasury and Markets of Hatton National Bank PLC. He is also a Non-Executive Director to the Board of Acuity Securities Ltd. Mr. Abeygunasekara holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Colombo and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Colombo. He has obtained the status of ACI and the status of Chartered Global Management Accountant and is an Associate Member of Chartered Management Accountants UK. In addition, he serves the Centre for Banking Studies of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka as a recourse person.

Mr. Dinesh Dharmadasa possesses over 33 years of Finance, Trade and Fiscal Affairs, Legal and External Affairs, Communication and CSR. Most recently, he completed his illustrious career as Director of Legal and External Affairs at Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC), a subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT) Ceylon Tobacco Company in 2019. A company he joined in the year 1990 as Finance Manager. During his tenure, CTC became ‘The Most Valuable Company’ on the Colombo Stock Exchange and at the same time, established an overall business strategy to become sustainable in the long term, ensuring CTC – Sri Lanka becomes one of the most profitable tobacco companies in Asia and the most valuable company (Market Cap) on the Colombo Stock Exchange. He was the founder Director and instrumental in strategizing and implementing Outreach Projects (Guarantee) Limited, a groundbreaking CSR project introducing a unique home gardening concept costing over LKR 1 billion and benefiting over 20,000 families over the past 10 years. Mr. Dinesh also served as the Chairman of the Industrial Association of Sri Lanka from 2016 to 2018. During his tenure, he developed strong links with stakeholders, public sector officials, multilateral agencies based in Sri Lanka, and local and overseas Chambers formulating strategies for a balanced and steady industrial growth. He also served as a board member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce during the periods 2012 – 2014 and 2016 to 2018 and also was a Board Member of CIMA – Sri Lanka in 2016. Currently he saves as a Non Executive Independent Director of Expack Corrugated Cartons PLC.

Dayalanie has over 30 years of experience at senior management level working at different corporate entities. At her last posting as the Chief Operating Officer at Janashakthi Insurance Company she headed the General Insurance operations of the Company which included Head Office as well as Branches giving leadership to over 800 team members. During her 23 long years at Janashathi Insurance Company she headed both Life and General Insurance operations and had been responsible in developing new products and aligning systems and procedures to service all such products. She is a Reinsurance specialist and take pride in strategically planning and implementing best Reinsurance program for the Company. She is also a sought-after Management consultant by Insurance companies for their strategic decisions. As a professional who is passionate about people development, she facilitated staff engagement and leadership transformation aligning potential with performance. Her strong people handling skills facilitated her to successfully execute two mergers at her last workplace one being a state organization namely National Insurance Corporation and the other a multinational namely AIA General Insurance. She was the Gold Award recipient of the Banking and Insurance Sector at the 6th Professional and Career Women Awards in 2016 awarded by Women in Management (WIM) in Sri Lanka in association with IFC. She is the current President of International Coaching Federation – Colombo Chapter and was a Past President of the Association of Chartered Insurance Professionals (ACIP) of Sri Lanka during 2018/2019 period. She is currently serving as a Management consultant and an Executive Coach for Leading companies in Sri Lanka.

Yoga Sanjeewani is an Attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and holds Bachelor’s degree in law from University of Colombo, Master’s Degree in Law from University of Colombo, Post Attorney Diploma in International Trade Law from Advanced Legal Studies Unit of Sri Lanka Law College and Diploma in Human Resource Management. Yoga joined HNB Assurance PLC, Parent organization of HNB General Insurance Ltd in year 2007 and currently heads the overall Legal, Corporate Secretarial and Compliance operation of HNB General Insurance Limited in the capacity of Head of Legal & Compliance Officer/Board Secretary and she is a member of the Senior Management Team. She has over 16 years of professional experience in the fields of Corporate law, Intellectual property, Insurance Law, Property Law, Labour Law and is experienced in all civil litigation. Prior to joining HNB Assurance PLC, Yoga had served in Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited and had worked as a legal researcher at Law & Society Trust, an organization engaged in legal research.