Indrajit Wickramasinghe appointed to Overseas Realty Board

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Indrajit Wickramasinghe

Overseas Realty Ceylon PLC has announced the appointment of Indrajit Wickramasinghe as an Independent Non-Executive Director to its Board of Directors.

In compliance with the CSE new listing rules on independent directors, the company also announced the retirement of Tissa Kumara Bandaranayake, who had distinguishably served on the Board for over 13 years.

Indrajit Wickramasinghe was the former Director/Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank for over nine years up to his retirement on 15 August. He counts over 35 years of management experience having worked in both the financial services and FMCG sectors in local and multinational companies. He holds a MBA from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK and a member of the Association of the Professional Bankers. He has been exposed to Executive Education programs at the National University of Singapore, the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford, UK and INCEAD (France). He is a member of the Oxford Business Alumni, University of Oxford, UK.

Prior to his appointment as Director/CEO of Union Bank, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of NDB Bank, where he was responsible for all business areas including Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, SME Banking and Project Finance. Prior to joining the financial services sector, he was with the leading MNC Reckitt and Colman Ceylon where he held numerous senior management positions.

Wickramasinghe has also served on a number of boards as an Executive Director and Non-Executive Director. He was the Chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) and a Director of the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka.

Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC is a BOI approved flagship company incorporated in 1980 to undertake the principal activities of investment, development, and management of properties with the iconic World Trade Center, Colombo, and Havelock City mixed-use development to its credit.

The Board of Directors of Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC comprises of Chairman Ajit Jayaratne, Dr. Mildred Tao Ong , Ralph De Lanerolle, En Ping Ong, Dr. Ranee Jayamaha, Ben Nien Tao, Brian Tao, Dr. Arittha Wickramanayake, Shamil Mendis, Yohan Perera, Indrajit Wickramasinghe, and Pravir Samarasinghe.