Mr.Terrance Kumara

Chief Executive Officer

Appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 15th June 2022 and promoted as Chief Executive Officer from 9th January 2023.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

He is a seasoned financial sector professional with a sound academic foundation and brings with him over 20 years of diversified expertise in financial, leasing, corporate finance, and investment management areas locally and internationally. He has extensive experience in financial reporting, taxation, structuring capital market transactions and analytics. He also has years of experience in designing internal controls, legal, compliance & financial risk management and is specialized in analyzing, identifying, and translating business needs into executable strategies through bespoke service delivery. Additionally, during his tenure at SANASA Development Bank, he has spearheaded and implemented Sri Lanka’s first rights issue through a digital platform.

He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Southern Queensland, Australia, and is a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL), Member of Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMASL), Member of Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT) and a Finalist of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK (CIMA).

Former Appointments :

He was the Chief Financial Officer at SANASA Development Bank PLC prior to joining PMF Finance PLC, and has also worked at Lanka Financial Services for Underserved Settlements as Chief Financial Officer, Ali Al Aufy Group of Companies as Finance Controller, Lisvin Investments Ltd., Assetline Leasing Co. Ltd., Lanka Tech Computers and Jayaweera & Company (CharteredAccountants).

Mr.Terrance Kumara

Chief Executive Officer

Appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 15th June 2022 and promoted as Chief Executive Officer from 9th January 2023.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

He is a seasoned financial sector professional with a sound academic foundation and brings with him over 20 years of diversified expertise in financial, leasing, corporate finance, and investment management areas locally and internationally. He has extensive experience in financial reporting, taxation, structuring capital market transactions and analytics. He also has years of experience in designing internal controls, legal, compliance & financial risk management and is specialized in analyzing, identifying, and translating business needs into executable strategies through bespoke service delivery. Additionally, during his tenure at SANASA Development Bank, he has spearheaded and implemented Sri Lanka’s first rights issue through a digital platform.

He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Southern Queensland, Australia, and is a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL), Member of Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMASL), Member of Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT) and a Finalist of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK (CIMA).

Former Appointments :

He was the Chief Financial Officer at SANASA Development Bank PLC prior to joining PMF Finance PLC, and has also worked at Lanka Financial Services for Underserved Settlements as Chief Financial Officer, Ali Al Aufy Group of Companies as Finance Controller, Lisvin Investments Ltd., Assetline Leasing Co. Ltd., Lanka Tech Computers and Jayaweera & Company (CharteredAccountants).

Mr. Sahan Rodrigo

Assistant General Manager – Recoveries and Real Estate

Mr. Rodrigo provides oversight to the entire recover operation of PMF. He counts over 18 years of extensive experience in the finance industry, particularly in recovery and legal operations. He commenced his career at Seylan Merchant Leasing Ltd., as a Banking Assistant. He has worked at Central Finance PLC and held diverse positions in Softlogic Finance PLC over 12 years.

He holds an MBA from the Cardiff Metropolitan University – UK, holds L.LB (Hons) Degree from the Buckinghamshire New University – UK, a Diploma in Credit Management and an NCC International Diploma from the University of Cambridge. He is an Associate member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management.

Mr. Dilan Wasantha

Deputy General Manager – Fund Mobilization

Mr. Wasantha joined with PMF in January 2023 as the DGM – Fund mobilizations, and is responsible for the deposit mobilization operation. He counts more than 20 years of experience in the finance industry, specifically on Liability Marketing, Sales and Strategic Planning.

Prior to joining PMF, he has headed teams as the General Manager – Fixed Deposit and Business Development at Nation Lanka Finance PLC, Assistant General Manager – Fixed Deposits at Commercial Credit PLC, and Assistant General Manager – Investment at Ceylinco Grameen Credit Company Ltd. (Present HNB Finance).

He holds a Higher National Diploma in Business Management, Diploma in Marketing Management from Aquinas College of Higher Studies – Sri Lanka, has followed a course in Fund Management at the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership (an ABE qualification).

Mr. Dinil Perera

Head of Digitalization

Mr. Dinil Perera is an experienced and results-driven professional in Technology Management with over 30 years of experience in Banking, with exposure to areas such as IT Service Management, Operations Management, Project/ Portfolio Management, Data Centre Management, Consumer Banking Operations and Digital Products.

Mr. Perera commenced his career at the Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka in 1989 and held senior positions in IT at the Commercial Bank of Qatar and the Standard Chartered Bank – UAE. Prior to joining PMF, he served as the Chief Digital Officer at SDB Bank. Mr. Perera has completed the Intermediate Banking Diploma from the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a member of the Project management Institute (PMI).

Mr. Athula Bandaranayake

Assistant General Manager – Risk & Management Information System (MIS)

Mr. Bandaranayake counts over 19 years of experience in finance, strategic planning and MIS. He started his career at Sun Match Company Ltd. and held key positions at Earl’s Court Group of Companies, Assetline Finance Ltd., and Orient Finance PLC.

He holds an MBA specialization in Finance from the University of Southern Queensland – Australia, a Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Finance (CA Sri Lanka), an Executive Diploma in Business and Accounting (CA Sri Lanka), and a Diploma in Credit Management (IBSL). He has completed a Certificate Course in Leasing and Hire Purchase (IBSL) and a Certificate Level of Chartered Tax Advisor (CA Sri Lanka). He is a Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (CMA – Australia).

Mr. Nilantha Perera

Head of Human Resources

Mr. Nilantha Perera brings with him over 30 years of experience in Human Resource Management.

Prior to his appointment at PMF, he has served as the Head of HR at Orient Finance PLC, Ceylinco General Insurance PLC and as a HR Consultant to Lakderana Investment. He has extensive experience and exposure in company mergers and acquisitions, setting up of formal Human Resources divisions and building in-house HRIS systems in his former roles

Nilantha holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, a Master’s Degree in Business Studies from the University of Colombo and a B.Sc. Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura. He is a Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM).

He is also a visiting lecturer at the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and serves as an independent director to the Board of JFS Holdings.

Mr. Sampath Kumara

Assistant General Manager – Internal Audit

Mr K G Sampath Kumara holds a BSc (Finance) (Sp) from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM). He is an Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA). He counts over 15 years’ experience in Financial Management, Risk management and Auditing in both local and international firms including KPMG, CDB Finance PLC, Richard Peiris Finance Ltd and leading multinational – Samsung India Electronics Ltd.

Prof. Ajith Medis

Chief Operating Officer cum Chief Strategy Officer

With more than 30 years of experience in the Banking and Financial Industry, Prof. Ajith Medis brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to PMF Finance PLC.
Prior to joining PMF, Prof. Ajith Medis has been a lecturer at the University of Kelaniya for over 20 years prior to which he was employed in the roles of Senior Manager of Peoples’ Merchant Bank PLC and Marketing Executive at Lanka Orix Leasing Company PLC. He has a sound academic background with a Bachelor of Commerce (Special) Hons. Degree from the University of Kelaniya and Master of Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayawardenepura and a PhD in Strategy from the Management and Science University of Malaysia.

He has been involved in many consultation projects in the Finance Industry including serving as a Director at Alliance Finance PLC and has also served as a Board Member in non-financial sector firms and consultant to over 20 finance companies in various capacities. His expertise includes planning and training in branch operations, sales, recoveries, deposit mobilization, gold loan and leasing facilities of Finance institutions.