The Trade Finance Association of Bankers (TFAB) held its 23rd Annual General Meeting at the Rainbow Room, Grand Oriental Hotel in February. Incumbent President A.S.M.W. Kumarasiri (AGM, Trade Finance at People’s Bank) was unanimously elected as President for the second time.
The following were elected for 2020/2021:
President: A.S.M.W. Kumarasiri (Assistant General Manager, Trade Finance, People’s Bank), Senior Vice President: Lawrian Somanader (Chief Manager, Exports, Commercial Bank), Vice President: Shyam de Silva (Manager, Business Development (Trade), HNB, Secretary General: K.R. Naguleswaran (Assistant Vice President, Correspondent Banking and Remittances, DFCC Bank), Treasurer: Sanjeewa Jayasooriya (Senior Manager, Trade Operations, Standard Chartered), Assistant Secretary: Indika Liyanage (SeniorManager, Trade Services, Pan Asia Bank), Assistant Treasurer: Kasun Muthukuda (Manager, Trade Services, NTB). Council members : Gaya Manamperi (formerly of Sampath Bank PLC), Manjula Gunawardana (NDB Bank), Neil Handapangoda (Citi Bank.), Susantha Weerasinghe (People’s Bank), Kanchana De Silva (Union Bank), Tharinda Amarasinghe (Sampath), Niranjan Dabare (Deutsche Bank), K. K. Susantha (Bank of Ceylon), Saroja Pathirana (Sampath Bank), Rochelle Fernando (Bank of Ceylon), Dilshan Dayananda (NDB), Thilanke Weerasinghe (The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited), Dilan Wijegoonawardhana (Seylan Bank) Immediate Past President: Susantha Fernando (Seylan Bank).