J.m. Gunasekera

Mr. J.M. Gunasekera was appointed to the AFC Board of Directors on 23rd June 2015. He currently serves as the Executive Director Sustainability of AFC. An industry expert in rural financing, he counts over 30 years of experience in Microfinance, SME financing, livelihood development and agribusiness in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. He has also served in multilateral agencies such as the US Agency for International Development and undertaken special assignments with the World Bank/IFC, the ADB and US based INGOs/PVOs in many markets such as Philippines, Thailand, Japan and the United States. He holds an MBA, BSc in Agriculture and Microfinance training from the University of Colorado. He has previously functioned as Managing Director/CEO of 3 MFIs, one in Afghanistan and two in Sri Lanka.