D M D K Thilakaratne

Mr. Krishan Thilakaratne was the Director/CEO of Commercial Leasing and Finance PLC and a Member of the Senior Management Team of LOLC PLC. Mr. Thilakaratne is a Board member of Seylan Bank PLC and Commercial Insurance Brokers.

Mr. Thilakaratne further serves in the board of LOLC Myanmar Micro Finance Company Ltd. He is also the Director of LOLC Central Asia covering the markets and investments in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan and Uzbekistan. He was a board member of Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka (CRIB), Prasac Micro Finance Institution Ltd Cambodia and the past Chairman of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka (FHASL), the Apex body for Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) in Sri Lanka. He is a member of Chartered institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) UK and a Member of the Associateship of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (AIB). He has followed Strategic Leadership training programme in Micro Finance at Harvard Business school USA and counts over 25 years of experience in Management, Credit, Channel Management, Marketing, Factoring, Portfolio Management and Islamic Finance. He conceptualized and Introduced Islamic Finance to LOLC Group in 2007 and is a Guest Speaker at International Islamic Finance Forums.