Rohan Tennakoon takes over as Chief Operating Officer at Vallibel Finance

Rohan Tennakoon

Consolidating the profile of its senior management team, Vallibel Finance PLC has announced the appointment of Rohan Tennakoon as the Chief Operating Officer to drive its next stage of growth. 

An accomplished and results-driven professional with a progressive career spanning over 30 years mostly in finance and banking sector with exposure to manufacturing, travel and accounting, Rohan also possesses a proven track record in business management, operations, branch operations, credit and credit administration, marketing, business development, legal and enterprise risk management with accredited corporate, social, regulatory and industrial connections with a high level of integrity. He joins with the mandate of implementing future expansion plans and driving new developments for Vallibel Finance.

Prior to joining Vallibel Finance, he was Head of Operations at People’s Leasing and Finance where he held extensive responsibilities including being overall in charge of recoveries, credit administration, tender and auctions, administration, sustainability and logistics departments and managing the Treasury back office. He was also Deputy General Manager - Chief Risk Officer for the finance company. In some of his notable achievements during his tenure, he was heading 40 branches and spearheaded the Islamic Finance Unit to a strong profit earning business. Under his leadership, the Islamic Finance unit won many industry awards. 

He holds an MBA degree from the University of Colombo and M.Sc. in Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He was appointed to the eminent panel of the Sector Engagement Committee (SEC) by the Central Bank Governor of Sri Lanka and also served on its Financial System Stability Consultative Committee (FSSCC). He was Chairman of the Finance House Association (FHA) and Director of Leasing Association of Sri Lanka-LASL, Director of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management -SLICM and served on the panel of jury of the National Sales Congress (NASCO) - SLIM Sri Lanka, for the past 7 years consecutively amongst other reputed associations.