Annual Report 2012 - National Savings Bank

86ROOTED IN OUR HERITAGEBOARD OF DIRECTORSMr Sunil S SirisenaChairmanMr Sirisena was appointed as theChairman of NSB on 06 August 2012.He is also the Chairman of the NSBFund Management Company.Mr Sirisena has previously servedas the Additional Secretary to theMinistry of Defense as well as stints asSecretary to the Ministries of ForeignEmployment and Welfare, Ministry ofEducation and Ministry of Cooperativeand Internal Trade. He was one of theformer Chairmen of the National FilmCorporation.An Economics graduate of theUniversity of Peradeniya, Mr Sirisenaalso holds a Diploma in Statisticsfrom the university of Colombo and aHigher Diploma in Management fromSLIDA. He was a member of the SriLanka Administrative ServiceMr S T AbeygunawardanaWorking DirectorMr Abeygunawardana was reappointedto the Board on 06 August 2012,having previously served two stints asa Director from August 2007 to May2010 and from June 2010 to May 2012.A businessman with four decades ofexperience, he also serves as a Directorof NSB Fund Management Company,as the Managing Director of JanasethaJothisa Seveya and as a Director of theCooperative Hospital, Galle. He alsofunctions as an Advisor on Religiousand Cultural affairs to the IndependentTelevision Network.Mr P A AbeysekeraDirector – Ex officioMr Abeysekera, who was reappointed tothe Board on 22 August 2012, is a seniormember of the Sri Lanka AdministrativeService since 1980.He served as Deputy Secretary to theTreasury at the Ministry of Finance andPlanning. He was a Council Memberof the University Grants Commission;a Director/Member of the Council ofthe Institute of Indigenous Medicine,Colombo University; a Board Memberof the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS);a member of the Governing Council ofthe Sri Lanka Institute of DevelopmentAdministration and also was a memberof Advisory Committee of Sri LankaTransport Board.His wealth of experience includesserving as Assistant Commissioner ofCo-operative Department (Rural Banks)for six years; being District Secretary/GA of Gampaha and functioningas Secretary to the Commissionerof Investigations of Bribery andCorruption to investigate Allegationsof Bribery and Corruption. He retiredfrom the post on 28 February 2013.Mr D L P R AbeyaratneDirector – Ex officioMr Abeyaratne was appointed to theBoard on 09 February 2012 and wasappointed as the Acting Chairman forthe period from 23 May 2012 to 05August 2012. He is also a Director ofNSB Fund Management Company.Mr Abeyratne is the Post MasterGeneral of Sri Lanka. His 16 yearsof previous experience in Class 1 ofthe Sri Lanka Administrative Servicehave included services as DivisionalNATIONAL SAVINGS BANK . ANNUAL REPORT 2012