Arjun Fernando joins NTB Board

Veteran banker Arjun Fernando has been appointed to the Nations Trust Bank (NTB) Board as a Non-Executive Director. 

Arjun Fernando

Fernando is a professional banker with over 30 years’ experience in banking, finance and business administration.  He was the CEO and Director of DFCC Bank from October 2013 to August 2017. 

Prior to that, he was the Deputy CEO from August 2010 to September 2013.

Before joining DFCC, Fernando was with HSBC for 28 years, holding various management positions both locally and overseas. He was the COO of HSBC Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2007, Chief Technology and Services Officer of HSBC Bangladesh from 2007 to 2010 and Regional Head of Change Delivery, Commercial Banking, Trade and Supply Chain - Asia Pacific of HSBC, Hong Kong from 2010 to 2012.

Fernando is currently a Director of eight companies including Central Finance PLC, Home Finance Company in Fiji, NDB Capital Holdings PLC and NDB Securities Ltd.

He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK). He holds an MSc in Management from Clemson University of South Carolina, USA and a BSc in Engineering from Southern Illinois University, USA.

With the latest appointment, the Board of NTB comprises of Gihan Cooray (Chairman), Renuka Fernando (CEO/Director), M. Jafferjee, D.P. De Silva, K.O.V.S.M.S. Wijesinghe, C.D. Souza, R. Rajapaksa, N.I.R. De Mel, S. Maheshwari, S.L. Sebastian, R.S. Cader, C.H.A.W. Wickramasuriya and A.R. Fernando.