Kapila Jayawardena

Kapila Jayawardena joined LOLC in the year 2007 as the Group Managing Director/CEO. He holds an MBA in Financial Management and is a Fellow member of the Institute of Bankers and an Associate member of the Institute of Cost and Executive Accountants, London. He has varied experience in the fields of Investment banking, banking operations, audit, relationship management, corporate finance, corporate banking and treasury management. Mr. Jayawardena served as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA) in 2003/04 and as the Country Head and the CEO (Sri Lanka and Maldives) of Citibank NA from 1998 to 2007. He has also served as the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka in 2006/2007 and was appointed to the Financial Sector Reforms Committee (FSRC) and was a member of the National Council of Economic Development (NCED). He was also a Board Member of the United States - Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission.

Other key appointments: Chairman – Browns Capital PLC, Palm Garden Hotels PLC, Eden Hotel Lanka PLC, LOLC General Insurance Ltd, LOLC Securities Ltd. Director - Browns Investments PLC, Seylan Bank PLC, LOLC Development Finance PLC, Riverina Resorts (Pvt) Ltd, LOLC International (Pvt) Ltd and other subsidiaries of the LOLC Group.