AMF - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Deputy Chief Executive Officer
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Mr. Fernando is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and Chartered Global Management Accountant, UK. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Certified Accountants, UK. He is a Chartered Marketer holding an Associate Membership from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. He also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (Special) from the University of Sri Jayewardenapura with a Second Upper Division Class Honors and an MBA from the University of Cardiff Metropolitan, UK. Mr. Fernando served on the CIMA Sri Lanka Board in 2014. He held many positions while serving as a Director of CIMA Sri Lanka Division and he was a member of the ‘Global Markets Committee' which reports to the CIMA London Council. He is the former Chairman of MESANA Regional Board which covers Middle East, South Asia and North Africa comprising 28 countries. Mr. Fernando possesses extensive experience in Non-Banking Financial Service industry and counts over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of Finance, Marketing, Trading, Construction, Real Estate and Plantations. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Arpico Finance Company PLC since Jan 2016 and now been appointed as Deputy CEO of Associated Motor Finance Company PLC w.e.f. 1st of April 2021.

Job Titles:

• Senior Assistant General Manager - Credit

Mr. Dharmarathna holds a BSc Degree and an MBA from the University of Colombo. He has over 20 years of experience in finance industry covering credit, marketing and recoveries. He was the Credit Manager at Nation Lanka Finance PLC prior to joining Associated Motor Finance Company PLC in June 2012.

Job Titles:

• Deputy Chairman
• Executive Director

Job Titles:

• Executive Director

Job Titles:

• Finance
• Director - Non - Independent Non - Executive

Mr Pieris is a Finance Professional with over 30 years of diverse experience in areas of Financial Planning & Control, Financial Auditing, Credit Operations & Management, Business Development & Analysis, Information Technology, Project Management and Logistics Operations. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Bankers (Sri Lanka), Fellow Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management, Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Global Management Accountant, Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors and Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Having commenced his banking career with Seylan Bank he was subsequently appointed to the Board of Arpico Finance Company PLC as an Independent Non-Executive Director in January 2012 and appointed as the Senior Director in 2019 until January 2021. He served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, Integrated Risk and Related Party Transactions Committees. He also functioned as an Independent Non-Executive Director of People's Bank where he served as the Chairman of the Audit, Risk, IT Committee and was a member of the Credit Committee. He currently serves as Non-Executive Director of Associated Motor Finance Company PLC. In addition to his appointments in the Banking and Non-Banking Financial sector he is the Managing Director of Gensoft (Pvt) Ltd which is the largest software development company for the logistics industry in Sri Lanka and also serves as a Director of Black Hat Force (Pvt) Ltd an Information Security company focused on cyber security. From an educational perspective he is a visiting lecturer at the University of Kelaniya. In a Honorary Capacity he serves on the Governing Council of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management, as the Treasurer of the Singhalese Sport Club and as a Member of the Technology and Innovation Committee of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors.

Job Titles:

• Fellow
• Independent Non - Executive Director

Mr. R. Wijegunawardane was appointed to the Board of Associated Motor Finance Company PLC on 18th May 2020. Mr. Wijegunawardane is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He also has a Post-graduate Diploma in Management awarded by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a Diploma in Treasury Investment & Risk Management awarded by the Institute of bankers in Sri Lanka. He counts over 30 years of professional experience in Financial & Management accounting, Taxation, Auditing, Administration, Procurement, Information Technology, Systems implementations and General & Corporate Management in leading listed Companies as well as other Institutions. He has functioned as the Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer of Colombo Dockyard PLC and also previously held the position of Chief Finance Officer at the said company. He has served at several leading Companies in Sri Lanka and overseas in the capacity of Director, CEO, CFO and General Manager. Presently he acts as a business consultant to other companies as well.

Job Titles:

• Director - Independent Non Executive

Mr. Suren Goonewardene has over two decades worth of rich domain experience spanning across multiple industries and possess expertise in the fields of Telecommunication, Information Technology, Strategic Planning, Organizational Restructuring, Investment/Credit Management, Finance, Marketing & Sales, General Management and Business Consultancy. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Accounting from Monash University, Australia, a Fellow Member and holder of the Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered lnstitute of Marketing, UK., a Member of the Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia and a member of the Sri Lanka lnstitute of Marketing. He was also a Council Member of the Employer's Federation of Ceylon and a former Member of the Executive Committee of the lndian Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka. He possesses over 31 years of extensive and diverse work experience holding strategic management positions in the areas of general management, strategic restructuring, investments / credit management, finance, marketing / sales, operations and business consultancy. He is the Managing Director of Lankem Ceylon PLC, a well-diversified conglomerate. He has functioned in the capacity of Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Airtel Lanka Limited, Chief Operating Officer, Dialog Television and Fixed Line Services, Group Managing Director, Lanka Bell Limited and has also served on the Boards of Ceylon Shipping Corporation, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka and Arpico Finance Company PLC. He was a Council Member of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon and a former Vice President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka. He currently serves on the Boards of First Guardian Equities Limited and Dawi Investment Trust (Private) Limited.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Executive Director

Mr. Sallay is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK (FCMA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and a fully qualified Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Australia (CMA). He is also a Fellow Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing of UK (FCIM) and a holder of a Master's in Business Administration from the Asia University of Malaysia. Mr. Sallay is a financial professional with over 34 years of extensive and diverse work experience in the fields of Finance, Auditing, Marketing, Credit, Recoveries, Project Management and Event Management. He has held many positions, both strategic and operational, in many organizations and has wide exposures in diverse sectors such as Finance, Hospitality, Healthcare, International Event Organization, Communications, Trading and Manufacturing. Mr. Sallay joined Associated Motor Finance Company PLC, in 1997 as the Group Accountant. He was promoted to the post of General Manager in 2003 and to the post of CEO/ General Manager in 2011. He also served as an Executive Director of Arpico Finance Company PLC since December 2014. He has now been appointed to the Board of AMF as an Executive Director since 1st of April 2021.

Job Titles:

• Independent Non - Executive Director

Mr. T.G. Kandamby was appointed to the Board of Associated Motor Finance Company PLC on 23 rd April 2020. Mr. Kandamby is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He also holds a Post-graduate Executive Diploma in Bank Management from the Institute of Bankers Sri Lanka. He counts over 30 years of professional experience in management & consultancy in the fields of accounting, auditing, corporate management, finance, tax and has extensive exposure to a wide range of enterprises relating to construction, engineering, services, trading, agriculture, energy, information technology, entertainment etc. He has functioned as Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of Nanda Investments & Finance PLC and also held senior management positions in abroad as Accountant and presently serves as Director of private companies & practice in the name of T G Kandamby & Company.

Job Titles:

• Assistant General Manager - Recovery & Operations

Vajira Panditharathne holds a Diploma in Writership and Communication from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and also holds a Diploma in Psychology and Counselling. He has successfully completed the Certificate in Marketing from SLIM. He possesses over 19 years of experience in the finance industry covering Recoveries, Credit & Marketing and 12 years in the field of Mass Media & Communications. Of this period, 9 years were spent in managerial positions. He also conducts leadership and training programs for youth in Colombo and outstation areas as social services.

Job Titles:

• Executive Director to the Board

Mrs. A.S. Dayawansa was appointed as an Executive Director to the Board of Associated Motor Finance Company PLC in 1995. In addition to this, she has been holding directorships at Poltech (Ceylon) Ltd., a public company engaged in garment exports and at Imperial Import & Export Company (Pvt) Ltd., a private company engaged in importing and trading of used motor vehicles from the UK. She is also the Managing Partner of Ayathi, a dress boutique, which caters exclusively to the high-end market. She has over 22 years of experience in sectors such as Finance, Garments, Imports and Exports.

Job Titles:

• Deputy General Manager - Liability Products

Geethika Wickramasinghe counts over 18 years of experience in Banking & 12 years in the Finance sector. She has headed both Operations & Credit divisions in several branches at Seylan Bank PLC & served as a Branch Manager in Union Bank PLC. Geethika was at UB Finance Ltd as AGM Deposits & AGM Credits. She worked at Orient Finance PLC as AGM Fund Mobilization prior to joining Associated Motor Finance Company PLC as a Deputy General Manager. Geethika is a Double Master's Degree holder from the University of Colombo & American City University, USA and a Diploma holder from the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. Geethika also holds two international diplomas in Compliance & Anti Money Laundering (Merit) from University of Manchester UK, awarded by the International Compliance Association UK.

Job Titles:

• Fellow
• Senior Assistant General Manager - Finance

Anusha is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and the Chartered Global Management Accountant, UK and is currently reading for the Master of Business Administration Degree at the University of Colombo. She started her career at SJMS Associates (Deloitte Sri Lanka) as an Auditor and was subsequently promoted as Manager - Assurance and Advisory - Technical and worked in Assurance and Advisory services. She counts over 13 years' experience in accounting, auditing and due diligence and taxation and IFRS consultancy in Banking and Finance, Insurance and Manufacturing and Trading sectors. She joined Associated Motor Finance Company PLC as the Asst. General Manager - Finance in October 2016.