DFCC Bank PLC announced that Thimal Perera succeeded Lakshman Silva as the Chief Executive Officer of the bank with effect from January 1, 2022. Perera functioned as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the bank from August 16, 2017 until his appointment as the CEO. He was appointed as an Executive Director of the bank on July 1, 2019.
He has held certain senior positions in the banking sector and has over two decades of experience in the financial services and the banking sector both locally and internationally having been with the HSBC Group both in Sri Lanka and overseas, the Commercial Bank of Qatar, Barclays Bank PLC, UAE and at Hatton National Bank. He has also served as a board member of HNB Assurance PLC, HNB General Insurance Limited and HNB Finance Limited.
He is also a Director of Acuity Partners Ltd, Synupsys Limited, Acuity Stock Brokers Pvt Ltd and Guardian Acuity Asset Management Limited. He also functions as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Acuity Group.
Perera is a member of the Institute of Chartered accountants of Sri Lanka and a finalist of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK.
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