Amintha first Lankan recipient of GAFM ‘Certified Digital Finance Professional’ certification

Amintha receiving the ‘Certified Digital Finance Professional’ certification from Fintech Association of Sri Lanka Adviser Jeevan Gnanam, FASL Senior Adviser Tissa Jayaweera and FASL President Rajkumar Kanagasingam 

Amintha Sugath De Silva, an adviser at the Fintech Association of Sri Lanka (FASL) and a customer relationship management and cross selling trainer focusing on the financial service sector, was the first Sri Lankan to receive the ‘Certified Digital Finance Professional’ certification from Global Academy of Finance and Management (GAFM) at the Digital Finance Forum held recently at the Hilton Colombo.

Amintha has more than 25 years of banking experience and was trained by Mckinsey & Company, USA during his tenor at Emirates Bank International, Dubai, UAE.

Amintha is currently the Chief Visionary Officer of Vision 8 Academy and conducts training sessions locally and internationally. He has so far conducted training sessions almost at all the leading banks in Sri Lanka, Emirates NBD Bank International, Middle East Bank, Emirates Islamic Bank in Dubai, UAE; and Bank of Maldives, Maldives Islamic Bank in the Maldives.   

The Digital Finance Forum was organised by Asian FinTech Academy (AFTA) in collaboration with Colorado, USA-based International Board of Standards (IBS), a certifying body which operates in over 40 nations worldwide, and owns the certifications and trademarks conferred by the Global Academy of Finance and Management (GAFM). 

The IBS is a charter member signatory to the Washington, D.C. based Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and has agreement with the Kansas, USA based Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) since 2004.