Manjula Hiranya de Silva

Manjula Hiranya de Silva was appointed to the Board on 1st July 2020. He holds a BA Hons (First Class) degree in Economics from the University of Colombo and a MBA from London Business School, UK. He is also a FCMA (UK) and a CGMA. Further, he has pursued executive education at INSEAD Business School, France and Harvard Business School, USA. He was recently appointed as the Secretary General and CEO of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with effect from 1st February 2020. Prior to that, he served as Chairman of the State owned National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) during 2015 - 2019. He also served as a Commission Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Sri Lanka during 2018 - 19 and as a Consultant to the Ministry of Public Enterprise Development during 2017 - 18. Prior to 2015, he served as the Managing Director of HNB Assurance PLC for 9 years and as its CEO for 2 more years. He has also held leadership positions as General Manager, Eagle NDB Fund Management Company Ltd (currently NDB Wealth Management), General Manager – Corporate Lines and Human Resources, Eagle Insurance Co. Ltd (currently AIA Insurance) and Director General, Public Enterprises Reform Commission (PERC). In his capacity as Chairman – NITF, he served on the Governing Council of Asian Reinsurance Corporation based in Bangkok representing the Government of Sri Lanka. Currently, he is an independent non - executive director and Chairman – Audit Committee of BPPL Holdings PLC. He also served as the Chairman of CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) Sri Lanka Board in 2016 and was subsequently appointed to its Regional Board for MESANA (Middle East, South Asia and North Africa) Region. He was a Committee Member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for a long period of time and has served as the Chairman of its Steering Committee on Insurance. He is a Past President of both Insurance Association of Sri Lanka (IASL) and Unit Trust Association of Sri Lanka (UTASL).