Dinithi Ratnayake

Chairperson & Independent, Non-Executive Director at Sanasa Development Bank

Ms Ratnayake possesses a broad and in-depth knowledge on financial institutions. She has a strong credit background, and exposure to Debt Capital Markets and International Risk and Compliance Practices.

Ms Ratnayake is a Senior Banking Professional with over 25 years banking experience, for the most part at Citibank N.A. as a Director, Head of Financial Institutions Group in Sri Lanka. Prior experience includes Retail and Institutional Banking at ANZ Grindlays Bank PLC and Corporate Banking at Seylan Bank PLC. She represented SBI Emerging Asia Financial Sector Fund PTE. LTD and Nederlandse Financierings - Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (February 2020-April 2022).

Ms Ratnayake is a Co-Founder/Director of IDEAology Strategy Consulting (Pvt) Ltd., which provides advisory and strategic and tactical support to financial institutions and public sector entities in Sri Lanka and the Middle East. She is also a Governing Council Member of South Asia Partnership Sri Lanka, an NGO which engages in social development, working towards building empowered communities to achieve sustainable growth.

Ms Ratnayake holds a BSc Degree in Computer Science from the University of Houston, Clear Lake and a Master of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Colombo.