The Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka (APBSL) announced the appointment of the new Council for the year 2009-2010, at its 20th Annual General Meeting held recently.

Ajantha Madurapperuma has been elected as the new President and Dimantha N Seneviratne as the Senior Vice President. Other office bearers include Parama Dharmawardene as Secretary General, Ms W A Nalani, Senior Deputy General Manager, Bank of Ceylon and H M Hennayaka Bandara, Additional General Manager, National Savings Bank as Vice Presidents, Ms Viruli De Silva, Relationship Manager, Seylan Bank as Assistant Secretary and Ms Shashi Kandambi Jassim, Senior Manager Corporate Finance, Sampath Bank as Treasurer.

Ajantha Madurapperuma succeeds Buwanekabahu Perera – Immediate Past President of APBSL. Madurrapperuma, a is the Senior Deputy General Manager, Corporate and Foreign Currency Banking at Seylan Bank PLC and Director/CEO of Seylan Bank Asset Management Ltd.   Taking over as Senior Vice President, Dimantha N. Seneviratne, is the Chief Risk Officer of HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives and becomes the first representative from a foreign bank to be elected to this position. Parama Dharmawardene is a Consultant to Sampath Bank where formerly he was a Deputy General Manager.

The new Council Members of qualified professionals include,  Thilak Abeysinghe Manager, Human Resources, Administration, Sampath Bank PLC, K.P.N.S.Karunagoda Deputy Director, Centre for Banking Studies, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Deepal Abeysekera, Head of Marketing & Public Affairs, People’s Bank, W.D. Felix Wimalaratne, Deputy General Manager, Human Resources Development, Bank of Ceylon, Piyal Hennayake, Deputy General Manager, Services, Hatton National Bank PLC, Asanka Ranhotty, Head of Cash Management, Corporate, Deutsche Bank AG, Ms. Manohari Gunawardhena, Senior Vice President, Treasury, DFCC Bank, D.N. Felician Perera, Head of Recoveries, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC and Nilam Usoof Jumat, Assistant General Manager, Trade Services, Hatton National Bank PLC.