Mr. Cecil Perera holds an Attorney at Law from Sri Lanka Law College. He also holds a Diploma Certificate on Modern Banking Law from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenapura and have passed Part I & II, from the Chartered Institute of Management Accounts.

Mr. Perera Commenced his career as a junior counsel at the Chamber of Dunstan De Alwis, President’s Counsel. Thereafter he worked as a Professional Assistant at D N Thurairajah & Company. Later he joined The Finance Company PLC as a Legal Officer and as a Senior Legal Officer at L B Finance PLC. Thereafter he joined Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC as the Head of Legal where he handled Corporate Advisory Services & Venture Capital Investments, Capital Market Services, Fund Management Services, Company Secretarial work, Leasing and Trade Finance work, Notarial work, Court Cases and Human Resource Management Legal work. In his career, he has worked as a Non-Executive Director at 99X Technology and as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Thilanka Hotels Limited. Prior to joining Abans Finance, Mr.Cecil Perera has completed 9 years of service at Commercial Credit and Finance PLC as the Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director. Also Mr. Cecil Perera is the Founder and Precedent Partner of Legalinc. With 19 years of expertise in the areas of Commercial Transactions, Debt Instruments, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Corporate Recovery and Liquidations, Real Estate Conveyancing, Foreign Investment Advisory Services, Immigration Services, Labor Law and Information Technology.

Hiran Embuldeniya is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Ironwood Capital Partners, a Private Equity fund base in Sri Lanka. Prior to returning to Sri Lanka in 2011, he worked for 10 years with Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division in London and subsequently management consulting with McKinsey and Company in Dubai. He has advised several of the leading industrial companies in Europe on their most important transactions and helped define corporate strategies for several of the largest banks in the Middle East. Hiran holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MEng(Hons) from the University of Oxford.

An experienced business strategist and an investment professional with international experience in corporate wealth creation, specialized in investment strategy, transaction advisory, divestiture, capital raising and restructuring. +23 years of work experience in London, Melbourne and Colombo.

Thulci is the Deputy Managing Director of CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd and was a member of the Colombo International Financial Centre (CIFC) – Steering Committee Task Force and worked closely with the Government to set up the first foreign currency designated multi services Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sri Lanka. With the enactment of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, Thulci’s primary role now is to promote FDIs and create a destination appeal for international businesses to set up in Port City. Port City project is a USD 15 billion new township development, an extension of the existing Colombo CBD.  

Prior to joining CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, Thulci was the Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at PwC, Sri Lanka and Maldives. He spent 14 years with PwC including at PwC Melbourne office where he was involved in large cross-border MNC transactions. 

He currently serves as a Non – Executive Independent Director of Expack Corrugated Cartons PLC.  Thulci is also a member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Investment Promotion Sector Committee and Infrastructure Sector Committee.

Thulci is an Economics graduate from the Universityof West London, UK, and holds an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of Colombo.

Mrs. Ratnayake is a reputed Attorney at Law with a practice of over 27 years. She took Oaths in December 1993. Mrs. Ratnayake enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law in 1993 and was awarded a First Class Honors in the Final Year Examination by Sri Lanka Law College.

Mrs. Ratnayake entered University of Colombo in 1990. Mrs. Ratnayake joined the Attorney General’s Department in 1993 where she served for many years. She has since then been continuously in practice specializing in Civil Law, with an active practice in the District Courts, Commercial High Courts, Civil Appellate High Courts, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, handling mostly cases of a commercial nature for corporate clients. She also has appeared in many Constitutional and landmark cases along with President’s Counsel and particularly the Constitutional Challenge to the dissolution of Parliament in 2018 for 12 Lawyer Members of Parliament. She has excelled in Chess at School & University being awarded Chess Colours and Championships and was listed in Sri Lanka Women’s National Pool with National Rating.

Mr. Sanjaya Bandara is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a fellow member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy & Financial Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Colombo.

Mr. Bandara is a partner and the head of assurance of B.R De Silva & Co, Chartered Accountants and counts over 23 years of experience in practice.

Pasan Wanigasekara is a seasoned corporate leader with extensive international experience across Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. His expertise spans corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, strategic marketing, business development, operational optimization, digitization, and legal affairs. Previously, he served as the Director General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (Invest Sri Lanka) until January 2022. Since then, he has worked as a consultant and Independent Non-Executive Director for several blue-chip companies in sectors such as insurance, leisure, agriculture, sustainable energy, and manufacturing, as well as for startups in fintech, outsourcing, and social media. Earlier in his career, he was the Director of Asia Pacific Business at Moody’s Knowledge Services. Following his time at Moody’s, he provided consulting services to several Fortune 500 companies and Asia-based private equity funds on investment analysis, M&A, and operational optimization, while also practicing as an Attorney-at-Law. Pasan is a qualified Engineer, Chartered Management Accountant, Chartered Financial Accountant, Chartered Marketer, and Attorney-at-Law.

Aruna Perera is the immediate past president of the CFA Society Sri Lanka and the group chief financial officer of Analytical Instruments (Pvt) Ltd. He has over 25 years of experience in financial Analytics, corporate finance, and valuation management primarily in the blue-chip and corporate sectors in Sri Lanka. He was the Director – Corporate Finance and Valuation Consulting at PwC Sri Lanka from 2017 to 2023. Aruna has worked in multiple organizations including Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services (Pvt) Ltd, John Keells Holdings PLC and Ernst & Young Sri Lanka. Aruna is a CFA charter holder from CFA Institute, USA. He holds an MBA from the University of Leicester, UK, and a BSc (Accounting) from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He is also an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.

Mr. Dharshan Silva holds an MBA with a merit pass from Cardiff Metropolitan University, (Where the final research was on determinants of NPL’s in finance leases of NBFI’s in Sri Lanka) and qualified as Registered Investment Advisor from Financial Services Academy (Division of SEC now known as CMET). He also holds a Diploma with distinction pass in Computer System Design from National Institute of Business Management, an Advanced Diploma from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), and a Certificate pass on Training of Trainers in Micro Finance (University of Frankfurt Germany). He also has attended many other local and overseas training / CPD programs.

Dharshan commenced his career as System Analyst Programmer at Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka Limited. Thereafter he worked as a Consultant to Management Information Systems (MIS) division at Development Finance Corporation of Ceylon (DFCC). Thereafter he has joined Commercial Leasing & Finance PLC (CLC) as a Credit Officer and over 13 years of career he finally resigned as Assistant General Manager – Asset Backed Finance, whilst adding many milestones to CLC history. He counts more than 33 years of experience in the financial services sector of which last ten years was in the capacity of Chief Operating Officer at Arpico Finance Company PLC and at Fintrex Finance Ltd (Formerly known as Melsta Regal Finance Ltd) respectively. Apart from his professional career at financial services sector he also has contributed to the sector as a lecturer in Credit Analysis and in Delinquency Management, through sessions conducted at Institute of Bankers in Sri Lanka.