Hasitha appointed to NDB Board

Hasitha Premaratne

Hasitha Premaratne has been appointed to the Board of National Development Bank as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 15 June 2023.

Hasitha is the Managing Director of the Brandix Group and leads Strategy, Transformation and Long-Range Planning. He is also the Managing Director of Brandix India Apparel City and overlooks all Joint Ventures and investments for the Group, while being a Director in many of its subsidiaries including listed company, Teejay Lanka PLC.  He was formally a Non-Executive Director at Bank of Ceylon, a Board Member of the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board and CIMA Sri Lanka. He was also a Committee Member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. 

He holds an MBA in International Finance, a BSc in Computer Science, and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA - UK), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA - UK), and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (CMA - SL). He is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). A passionate teacher, Hasitha was the winner of the ‘Tutor of The Year Award’ at CIMA Global Financial Management Awards 2009 held in London. He was also the Winner and Gold Medallist of the prestigious ‘CIMA Star of the Year’ award in 2012 and the Winner of ‘Young CIMA Star of the Year’ award in 2006.

With the latest appointment, the Board of Directors of NDB comprises Sriyan Cooray (Chairman), Dimantha Seneviratne (Chief Executive Officer), Bernard Sinniah, Sujeewa Mudalige, Kushan D’Alwis, Fay Chetnakarnkul, Chandima Dilrukshi, Kasturi Angela Wilson, Shweta Aprameya and  Hasitha Premaratne.