Naveendra Perera Sooriyarachchi

A distinguished banker with a strong credit background, Naveen Sooriyarachchi has a broad and in-depth knowledge of SMI Finance, Project Finance, Trade Finance, Corporate Banking, and Investment Banking, built over an eminent 40-year career in banking.

Mr. Sooriyarachchi has held key corporate management positions at Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC. As the Deputy General Manager-Corporate Banking, he was instrumental in steering Commercial Bank to win the ‘Best Trade Finance Bank in Sri Lanka’ award of the ‘Asian Banker’ consecutively in 2019 and 2020 as well as the ‘Best Corporate Bank in Sri Lanka’ award of International Finance (UK) in 2019.

Mr. Sooriyarachchi was also responsible for the initiation of Investment Banking operations at Commercial Bank after studying Investment Banking at Boston University, the USA on a Fulbright Scholarship. During this period, he has also served as a consultant in the Capital Markets Division, Asia Department of the IFC (International Finance Corporation), Washington. He also has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Colombo and is an Associate of the Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka.