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Raja Senanayake
Independent Non-Executive Director Raja Senanayake has been appointed as the new Chairman at Senkadagala Finance PLC.
He succeeds Ravi Dias who retired recently having served from August 2014.
Senanayake joined the Senkadagala Finance Board in April 2017.
Holder of FCA, BCom (Special) (USJ), PG Dip (BMgt), Senanayake completed his Articles with Messrs Ernst & Young, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. He counts over 33 years of experience in banking, finance, and accounting fields.
Senanayake serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC. He is a Director of Virtual Capital Technologies Ltd., a software development company that specialises in enterprise solutions in the real estate, retail and telecom spaces catering to the New Zealand and the Australian markets.
He is a management team member at Smart Media, The Annual Report Company, where his expertise and capabilities in financial reporting and analysis are put to good use, in producing award winning and world-class Annual Reports.
His financial acumen was fashioned and chiselled for over 13 years at the Commercial Bank where he became the Assistant General Manager (Finance and Planning) prior to resigning to join the Nations Trust Bank PLC, as its Chief Financial Officer. Senanayake served as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of CBC Finance Ltd. (formerly Serendib Finance Ltd.), a fully owned subsidiary of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC.
With the latest appointment the Board of Directors of Senkadagala Finance PLC comprises Raja Senanayake (Chairman), Lakshman Balasuriya (Managing Director/CEO), Sanath Bandaranayake, N. Vasantha Kumar, Dr. Roshan Anne Perera, and Lakshmi Fernando.
