Janakan Selvaratnam appointed to Boards of Eden Lanka, Palm Garden Hotels

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Janakan Selvaratnam

Financial services professional Janakan Selvaratnam has been appointed to the Boards of Eden Hotel Lanka PLC and Palm Garden Hotels PLC as a Non-Executive Independent Director with effect from 1 January 2025.

Selvaratnam serves as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Siyapatha Finance PLC. In his last role in a career spanning 25 years with Citibank N.A., Sri Lanka, he was the Vice President heading the Local Corporate Bank and Public Sector for the Sri Lankan franchise. The scope of his responsibilities included the managing of client portfolios in corporate, multinational, non-banking financial, and public sector segments.

In addition, he has widespread experience in corporate governance, compliance, credit and risk management and banking operations. Whilst at Citibank N.A., he was a member of the bank’s Management Committee and served on the Assets and Liability Committee, the bank’s Integrated Risk Management Committee, and the Credit Committee.

He has received extensive training and exposure under the bank’s executive development and leadership programs.

He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Wales (PrifysgolCymru) and a Diploma (Intermediate) in Banking from the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

He also engages in business development and consultancies in the banking, non-banking financial Institutions, insurance brokerage, and corporate sectors with specific interest in governance and compliance.