Russell De Mel

Mr. Russell De Mel is a professional accountant with over 20 years experience in development banking including project financing, SME financing and merchant Banking, and around 9 years of experience in commercial and investment Banking. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK (FCMA), Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and Fellow of the Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCMA).

Mr. De Mel has served in the National Development Bank (NDB) and Group as the Director/ CEO and the Group CEO from March 2010 to August 2013. Prior to that he has held the positions of Vice President – Group Risk Management and Vice President of Corporate Banking Group of NDB.

He has also served on the Boards of over 25 listed and non listed companies over a period of 25 years, covering a wide range of sectors, i.e. Industry, Food & Beverage, Banking & Finance, Insurance & Capital Markets, Healthcare, Hospitality & Tourism, Plantations, Education & Communication, both within and outside NDB Group, and within and outside Sri Lanka. He currently serves on the Boards of TAL Lanka Hotels PLC, EAP Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., EAP Broadcasting Ltd., EAP Films and Theatres Ltd. and Singer Finance Lanka PLC.