With an avowed mission to become the foremost finance company in Sri Lanka, Singer Finance Lanka PLC engages in the financing of capital goods, agricultural equipment and a variety of products marketed by Singer Sri Lanka, and of their own.

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Appointed to the Board of Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC as Chairman on 7th December 2017. Mr Aravinda Perera counts over 30 years in the Banking sector and functioned as the Managing Director of [Sampath Bank PLC](/org/sampath-bank-plc) from 1st January 2012. Presently, he is the Managing Director of [Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC](/org/royal-ceramics-lanka-plc). He is also a director of Hayleys PLC, [Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC](/org/pan-asia-banking-corporation-plc), Hayleys Aventura (Private) Ltd, Hayleys Advantis Ltd, Hayleys Industrial Solutions (Pvt) Ltd and Fentons Ltd. He is a Member of the Institute of Engineers (Sri Lanka) (MIESL) and a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.).

He is also a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) (FCMA) and a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers– Sri Lanka (FIB). He also holds a MBA from the Post Graduate Institute of Management. Mr. Perera was honoured with the “CEO Leadership Achievement Award 2016” by the Asian Banker magazine and was also the recipient of the prestigious “Platinum Honours – 2014” Award by the Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni (PIMA) of Sri Jayawardenapura University. He was also honoured with the “Award for the Outstanding Contribution to the Banking Industry – 2015” by the Association of Professional Bankers.

Aravinda Perera

Mr. Salgado was appointed to the Board of Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 7th December 2017, after serving two previous occasions in the Board prior to his retirement as the Finance Director of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC on 30th June 2014. Mr. Salgado was also a Director of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC from 15th May 2008 to 30th June 2014. He held various responsible positions during his distinguished and illustrious career at Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC spanning 27 years.

Mr. Salgado serves as the Chairman of Film Island (Pvt) Ltd and as a Director of WAD International (Pvt) Ltd and Carnival Movies Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.

Priyath Salgado

Mr. Amarasuriya joined the Board of [Singer Finance](/org/singer-finance-lanka-plc) (Lanka) PLC on the 1st of July 2018. Mr. Amarasuriya was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the company on 1st July 2018. He has over 15 years of managerial experience in Retailing FMCG, Retailing Consumer Goods and in Financing and Leasing Industry.

He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, (CIMA – UK), an Affiliate Member of the [Association of Chartered Certified Accountants](/org/association-of-chartered-certified-accountants), (ACCA – UK), a Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA), a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and holds a MBA with the [University of Leicester](/org/university-of-leicester) –UK. Prior to joining [Singer Finance](/org/singer-finance-lanka-plc), Mr. Amarasuriya held many responsible positions at Singer India Retail, Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC and Cargills Food City. He also holds honorary positions in many non-profit establishments.

Thushan Amarasuriya

Joined the Board of Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC on 7th December 2017. Mr. Perera is currently working as the Manager Finance of Vallibel One PLC. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Special) Degree from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.

Sadeep Perera

Alternate Director to Ms. Darshini Talpahewa Joined the Board of Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC on 21st February 2019. Mr. Yatiwella served as an Alternate Director in a prior occasion before being appointed as an Alternate Director of Ms. Talpahewa.

Mr. Yatiwella is the Director Finance of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC. He is also a Director of Singer Digital Media (Pvt) Ltd., Singer Business School (Pvt) Ltd, and Alternate Director of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC.

Mr. Yatiwella is an Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and holds a BSc (Hons) Special Degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Lalith Yatiwella

Joined the Board of Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC on 21st February 2019.

Mr. Mahesh Wijewardene was appointed as an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC and its subsidiary companies with effect from 1st November 2018. Mr. Wijewardene holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the [University of Southern Queensland](/org/university-of-southern-queensland) and received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. He also holds a Diploma in General Management from the Open University of Sri Lanka. Mr. Wijewardene is the past Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce – Import section and Sri Lanka – China Business Council and is a member of the Hayleys Group Management Committee.

Mr. Mahesh Wijewardene has served on the Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC board previously as an Alternate Director from 1st June 2006 to 31st October 2018. Mr. Wijewardene serves as a Director of Singer Industries (Ceylon) PLC, Regnis (Lanka) PLC, Regnis Appliances (Pvt) Limited, Singer Digital Media (Pvt) Limited, Singer Business School (Pvt) Limited, Reality Lanka Limited, Domus Lanka (Pvt) Limited and CSR Lanka (Guarantee) Limited.

Mahesh Wijewardene

Joined the Board of Singer Finance(Lanka) PLC on 7th December 2017. Ms. Talpahewa joined Hayleys Group in January 2010 and was appointed to the Group Management Committee in November 2015. She is responsible for Human Resources, Legal services, Corporate Communications & Sustainability for the Hayleys Group. Serves as a Director of Hayleys Group Services (Pvt) Ltd. and HJS Condiments Ltd. Ms. Talpahewa Possesses an LL.B from the [University of Colombo](/org/university-of-colombo) and is an Attorney-at- Law with first class honours from the Sri Lanka Law College. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Northampton and Master’s Degrees in International Relations and in Law, from the [University of Colombo](/org/university-of-colombo).

Darshi Talpahewa

Mr. Jayanth Perera joined the Board of Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC on 07th December 2017. He has over 40 years of experience in the field of Banking, Stock Brokering and Tourism. He is a retired Senior Deputy General Manager of Hatton National Bank PLC, Former Director of Browns Tours Ltd, HNB Assurance Ltd, HNB Securities Ltd and DFCC Bank affiliated companies. He is also a Former Managing Director of Acuity Securities Pvt Ltd. Apart from the above companies he also served as Director of Central Bank affiliated companies, Lanka Clear and CRIB etc. He functions as a Director of Inter Ocean Energy Ltd, McLaren’s Group of Companies, Qwest Destinations Pvt Ltd, and Quest Cruises.

Jayanth Perera

Mr. Ranil De Silva served as the Jt. Managing Director of Aitken Spence Hotel Management (Pvt) Ltd and as the Managing Director of Hemas Hotel Sector and has wide experience locally and overseas in diverse industries. Mr. De Silva is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of the Management Accountants UK, Associate Member of the CA Sri Lanka and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK. He had served as an Independent non-executive Director of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, Singer Industries (Ceylon) PLC and Regnis (Lanka) PLC from April 2015 to 31st March 2018.

Ranil De Silva

Harshani joined to [Singer Finance](/org/singer-finance-lanka-plc) team in 2019 as Head of Legal.

An Attorneys-at-Law and Notary Public, graduated from the [University of Colombo](/org/university-of-colombo), Faculty of Law in 1994 and possesses 25 years of experience in the finance industry and had held senior positions in leading finance companies, including 5 years at Mercantile Investments Limited and 13 years of experience at LB Finance PLC as Assistant General Manager – Legal prior to joining [Singer Finance](/org/singer-finance-lanka-plc) in 2019 as Head of Legal.

Harshani Mapatuna

Suranga has over 11 years experience in the field of Accounting, Auditing and Finance.

He is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants-UK, Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), Fellow of The Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka and Associate Member of The Institute of Certified Professional Managers. He holds BSc. Accounting (Sp) Degree with 2nd class upper division from University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

He currently functions as the Chairman of the Subcommittee for Compliance of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka. He was an Executive Committee member of the same committee for the year 2018/19.

Prior to joining [Singer Finance](/org/singer-finance-lanka-plc), he worked at Ernst & Young and at Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC as an Audit Manager.

Suranga Jayaweera

Joe has considerable years of working experience both in the public and private sectors holding several positions of which over 37 years have been spent in the Finance Industry heading deposit departments. He is a Justice of Peace (All Island).



Joe Wijeyegoonewardene

Jeevaka has been with the Singer Group for over 20 years. He possesses over 16 years experience in Accounting and Finance out of which he has served 14 years in Finance and Leasing industry.

Jeevaka was transferred to manage the credit function of the Company in 2015.

Jeevaka Jayawardena

Thilan joined [Singer Finance](/org/singer-finance-lanka-plc) team in April 2016 as Head of Cards. Thilan has been with the Singer Group for over 27 years, out of which 10 years were in the Senior Management. Also, he has worked in the capacity of Department head in Treasury, Financial Services and Budget Departments at Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC.

Thilan holds a MBA from [Australian Institute of Business](/org/australian-institute-of-business) (AIB) Adelaide, Australia. Also, he is an Associate Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Australia and a member of the Association of Business Executives UK (ABE).

Currently he is reading for a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Asia E University, Malaysia. He has served as the Treasurer of Payment Card Industry Association of Sri Lanka (PCIASL)

Thilan Rupasinghe

Eraj has over 19 years of experience in the field of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, joined Singer group in 2006 and served in Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC and Regnis (Lanka) PLC.

He has served in the capacity of Company Secretary of Regnis (Lanka) PLC, Singer Industries (Ceylon) PLC and Regnis Appliances (Pvt) Ltd.

He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka.

Eraj Fernando

Ms. Chandrika Alwis, Consultant to the Chairman, joined Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC in 2018, counts over 37 years of experience in the areas of deposits, credit, recoveries including 22 years of special experience in gold loans, and her career features many managerial positions.

Chandrika Alwis

Iman was appointed as the Chief Operating officer on 1st July 2018. He counts for over 25 years work experience in the Finance Industry covering retail banking, Business development and Sales/ Marketing functions in Leasing and Asset Financing. He has been heading the branch network and Marketing/ Business Development Division of [Singer Finance](/org/singer-finance-lanka-plc) since 2006.

Iman holds a MBA from Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) from University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a BSc Business Administration (Special) Degree from University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Iman Perera

The current leadership team at Singer Finance has a wide range of experience in different industries and management styles. The team is led by an audit manager with experience in management audits from Singer Sri Lanka PLC, and a senior accountant from Ernst & Young. The manager of market development comes from lolc holdings plc, and the sub officer is from seylan bank ltd. All members of the team have experience in different aspects of finance and accounting, giving them a well-rounded perspective on the industry.

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