D M D Krishan Thilakaratne

Mr Krishan Thilakaratne is the Director/CEO of Commercial Leasing and Finance PLC and is a Member of the Senior Management Team of LOLC PLC.

Mr Thilakaratne serves on the Boards of Prasac Micro Finance Cambodia and Commercial Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd, which is the largest insurance brokering company in Sri Lanka. He also serves as a Director of the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka (CRIB) and is the Chairman of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka, the Apex body for Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) in Sri Lanka. Mr Thilakaratne holds an Associate membership of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (AIB) and has also followed a Strategic Leadership Training Programme in Micro Finance at the Harvard Business School, USA. He counts over 25 years of experience in management, credit, channel management, marketing, factoring, portfolio management and Islamic finance. Prior to being appointed as the Non-executive Director of Seylan Bank, Mr Thilakaratne functioned as the Alternate Director to Mr I C Nanayakkara until his resignation on 31st August 2018.