Eraj steps down, Dharma new Chairman at Bartleet Finance

Longstanding Chairman Eraj Wijesinghe has stepped down as the Chairman of Bartleet Finance Plc with effect from 31 December 2011.

The new Chairman is K.G.D.D. Dheerasinghe following his appointment to the Board of Bartleet Finance as a Non Executive Director with effect from 4 January 2012. Dheerasinghe is the former Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank.  He is also the new Deputy Chairman of Commercial Bank.

Wijesinghe was first appointed Chairman on 7 February 2003 whilst he joined the Bartleet Group in 1963 as is one of the founding members of the Bartleet Finance.