Chiranthi appointed to HNB General Insurance Board

HNB General Insurance Ltd. (HNBGI) recently announced the appointment of Chiranthi Cooray as a Non-Independent/Non-Executive Director. The appointment was approved by the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka. 

Cooray currently serves as the Deputy General Manager/Chief Transformation Officer of Hatton National Bank PLC. She leads key transformations in digital, tech, product, service and people strategies to drive growth and support achievement of mid to long-term goals of the bank, whilst facilitating change management and delivering business value. Chiranthi serves on the Boards of CSR Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd. and the Advisory Board of AISEC Sri Lanka. She also serves as a Trustee of the HNB Sustainability Foundation. She is a Past President of the Association of Human Resource Professionals, Sri Lanka.

Cooray holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales (Cardiff Metropolitan). She is a Senior Certified Professional SHRM, USA, and a Certified HR Professional from IPMA, USA. She has completed the CIMA (UK) exams and is awaiting admission to membership. 

Cooray was awarded the HR Leadership Award for Global HR Excellence organized by the World HR Congress in February, 2015. She has also been awarded the Gold Category at the Women for Governance Professional & Career Women Awards 2014/2015 by the Women in Management for her exceptional contribution and achievements in the field of Human Resources. 

Under her leadership the Hatton National Bank PLC has achieved many local and international awards in the last 10 years in the HR and Sustainability spheres. In 2017, Cooray served as the Chairwoman of the National Task Force to recommend a strategic road map to increase female labour force participation in Sri Lanka for the National HR Development Council of Sri Lanka.

HNB General Insurance (HNBGI) was incorporated in January, 2015 and specialises in motor and non-motor insurance solutions, and is presently one of the fastest growing general insurance companies in Sri Lanka, with a network of 56 branches. The company is ranked within the Top 100 Brands and has been awarded a ‘National Insurer Financial Strength Rating’ of ‘’A’’ (lka) by Fitch Ratings Lanka Limited and has obtained the Great Place to Work Certification and is a fully owned subsidiary of HNB Assurance PLC. 

HNBA, the parent company specialising in life insurance solutions, is ranked within the Top 100 Brands and Top 100 Companies in Sri Lanka and has won multiple accolades for brand excellence, digital marketing and HR excellence and many awards for its annual reports at award ceremonies organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the South Asian Federation of Accountants.