HNB Assurance appoints new Director

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The Board of Directors of HNB Assurance PLC have appointed Dilshan Rodrigo as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1st July 2013. Rodrigo is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Hatton National Bank PLC and an appointed Director of Acuity Securities Ltd. He is a senior banker with extensive experience in retail banking, finance, institutional banking and risk management in leading local and foreign commercial banks operating in Sri Lanka.

He is a member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors, an Alternate Director for the Credit Information Bureau and holds several Directorships in subsidiary companies of the bank. He was elected Chairman for a two year period of the Asian Banker’s Policy Advocacy Committee, a forum for advancing the cause of banking and finance in the region and promoting regional co-operation. ABA’s membership comprises over 100 lending banks from 23 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He holds a MBA from Cranfield University, UK and is a fellow of CIMA and ACCA UK accounting bodies and has actively served on both councils in Sri Lanka, particularly in the latter where he was elected president for a two year term. HNB Assurance PLC is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in Sri Lanka with a network of 51 branches. HNB Assurance has also been awarded “A (lka)”as its insurer financial strength rating and national long term rating by Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd. HNBA is also rated within the Top 100 Brands and Top 100 companies in Sri Lanka by LMD and HNB Assurance recently won an international award for brand excellence during the World Brand Congress and won five main awards for its 2012 Annual Report at the award ceremonies organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, ACCA and SAFA.