Ronnie new Chairman of NTB

Nations Trust Bank Plc yesterday announced the appointment of Ronnie Peiris as its Chairman with effect from 1 January 2012.

He has served on the Board of the Bank for many years and is also currently an Executive Director on the Board of John Keells Holdings PLC and is its Group Finance Director.  He is also a Director in several Listed and Non Listed Companies.

Ronnie has over 40 years of Finance and General Management experience, 37 of them at Senior Management level, in Sri Lanka, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Immediately prior to joining John Keells, Ronnie was the Managing Director of Anglo American Corporation (Central Africa) Ltd., Lusaka, Zambia, the Zambia based subsidiary of Anglo American Plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange.

In these positions, he served on the boards of many companies that were involved in a variety of activities ranging from manufacturing, brewing, milling, hoteliering to real estate development and financial services.

Previously he had held senior positions ranging from the Planning Manager, Lever Brothers (Ceylon) Ltd., Sri Lanka, Group Management Accountant, Yahala Group of Companies, Sri Lanka to Finance Director of Anglo American.

In addition to holding a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa with Marketing and Human Resource Management as his specialisations, Ronnie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, (FCMA), UK, a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA), Scotland, a Fellow Member of the Society of Certified Management Accountants (FSCMA), Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the Zambia Institute of Certified Accountants, (FZICA), Zambia.

Ronnie is currently the President of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors, a member of the Main Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the Chairman of its Taxation Sub Committee and its Economic, Fiscal and Policy Planning Sub Committee.