Sunil Wijesinha appointed as Director, DFCC Vardhana Bank

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Sunil G. Wijesinha recently retired as Chairman and MD of Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC.

Prior to taking on the executive post at Dankotuwa, he was MD of MBSL, taking over just after the bank had incurred a loss of over Rs. 1 billion and its future was in doubt. He was able to restructure it make it profitable once again.

He was a previous Chairman of the Employees Trust Fund Board, the Deputy Chairman of Sampath Bank and Chairman of Merchant Credit of Sri Lanka Ltd. He has been on several boards in the private and public sector including SriLankan Airlines Ltd.

He was a former President of the Japan-Sri Lanka Technical and Cultural Association (JASTECA) and President of the Sri Lanka-Italy Business Council. He was a founder President of the Sri Lanka Ceramics Council and the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity.

He is currently on the Board of Directors of Sampath Leasing and Factoring Ltd. and Asiri Surgical Hospitals PLC. He is the Vice Chairman of the EFC and the Senior Deputy Chairman of NCCSL.

Wijesinha is widely recognised for his role in promoting productivity and employee involvement concepts in Sri Lanka and was recognised and conferred the National Award 2000 by the Asian Productivity Organisation and once again conferred the Regional Award 2005 by the APO for productivity promotion in the Asia Pacific region.

Having undergone training in Japan, Wijesinha has been a pioneer in promoting Japanese style management techniques such as 5S, Quality Circles and Kaizen in Sri Lanka.