Aruni new Chairperson at HNB

Aruni Goonetilleke

Top financial services professional Aruni Goonetilleke has been appointed as the Chairperson of Hatton National Bank PLC with effect from yesterday. 

She fills the vacancy created by the demise of the incumbent Nilanth de Silva, a veteran banker and ex-HNBer who was appointed to the Bank's Board in April 2015 and Chairman in July this year.

Aruni counts over 25 years of experience in regional financial markets. She was appointed to the HNB Board in April this year as a Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director.

She has extensive experience in enterprise risk management, credit, audit and business origination and has held leadership positions in local and international banks. Her last role was Head of Corporate Banking at People’s Bank, where she was responsible for a large portfolio of public and private sector clients. Immediately prior to that, she was the Head of Credit for Commercial Banking, at Standard Chartered Bank – Singapore. She has also held the positions of Head of Credit for SME at Standard Chartered Bank – Singapore, Chief Risk Officer, Standard Chartered Bank – Sri Lanka and Global Audit roles in Wholesale and Retail Bank and distressed assets management at Standard Chartered Bank – Singapore. 

She has a Masters in Law from Harvard Law School, Harvard University – USA and a Bachelors in Law (Honours) from the Faculty of Law – University of Colombo. 

She was also a visiting lecturer in law at the University of Colombo. She is on the Boards of several public listed companies in Sri Lanka.