Acting CEO at MBSL

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:29 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka has announced yesterday the appointment of Lakshman Kaluarachchi as the Acting CEO with effect from 1 January.

This is following long standing CEO Gamini Karunathilake retiring on the same day. Kaluarachchi is Deputy Director Leasing and is a holder of a B.Com Special Degree from the University of Kelaniya and has over 26 years experience in a wide range of Finance activities including 17 years experience in Merchant Banking.

He presently head the Leasing Division, branch operations and also the Micro Finance Division.

Retiring Karunathilake is a professional banker with over 33 years of experience in both commercial banking and merchant banking.

He obtained a B. Com (Hon) Degree from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and MBA from the Post Graduate Institute of Management (PIM) of Sri Lanka.

He is a fellow member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, and was a visiting lecturer on Law and Practice of Banking for Bachelor of Commerce and Economics Degree programmes and on ‘Banking and Finance’ for MSc. Management Programme at the University of Sri Jayawardenapura. He also served as a lecturer and Chief Examiner on Law and Practice of Banking and Practice of Banking’ at the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.