LOLC nominee Wasantha Batagoda appointed to DFCC Board of Directors

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Wasantha Batagoda

LOLC Group nominee Wasantha Batagoda has been appointed to the Board of DFCC Bank PLC as a Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2022.

Batagoda, joined the LOLC Group in 2014 and currently serves as the Head of Legal of the Group. He has two decades of experience as a lawyer, having started his career, carrying out his apprenticeship attached to the Additional Solicitor General’s Chamber in the Attorney General’s Department, and then moving to the private Bar.

He is well versed in Corporate and Criminal law, having obtained his Bachelor of Law degree and his Master of Law degree from the University of Colombo. He is currently reading for his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Law at the University of Colombo.

He also serves as the Chairperson of the Corporate Lawyers Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka from 2021 to date. Batagoda also serves in the Boards of a number of local and overseas subsidiaries within the LOLC Group.

The LOLC Group, through its subsidiary LOLC Investment Holdings Three Ltd., holds a 9.99% stake in DFCC.

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