Jeevani new CEO at People’s Insurance

People’s Insurance PLC has announced the appointment of Jeevani Kariyawasam as the new CEO.

She succeeds Deepal Abeysekera who resigned in December last year.

Jeevani Kariyawasam

Kariyawasam has been associated with People’s Insurance PLC from its inception in October 2009 as the Head of Operations. She counts over 25 years of experience in insurance. 

During her career, she has also been associated with HNB Assurance and National Insurance Corporation in several functional and leadership roles in Underwriting and Claims Management.

Kariyawasam holds a BSc. Honours Degree in Bio Science from the University of Colombo. She is also an Associate member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) – UK and a Senior Associate CIP Member of the Australia and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF).

She had also been an office bearer at the Association of Chartered Insurance Professionals (Sri Lanka) as the Membership Secretary between 2016 and 2019 and a Council Member of Sri Lanka Insurance Institute between 2011 and 2014.