The Executive Management of the Company is comprised of industry experts who combined count over 50 years of experience in both Finance & Banking sectors leads Mahindra Ideal Finance Limited, whose profiles are given below.
Mr. Duminda Weerasekare
Chief Executive Officer
With an expansive knowledge and skill experience garnered over three decades, he holds the distinction of being a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK
He has functioned in directorial, CEO and COO positions in a number of leading corporate institutions.
His work experience ranges from negotiating and sourcing funding from international funding organizations and agencies to introducing pioneering funding sources into the country to being commissioned by international agencies to develop strategic plans for development in various financial strata and sectors.
He is a recipient of a Fellowship by the Netherlands Development Bank.
Mr. Rohitha Bandusena
Chief Operating Officer
Counting over 20 years’ experience in Finance, Operations, Treasury, Credit and Risk Management, he holds a BSc (Hons) in Business Administration – Special Degree from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura.
Among the positions he has held are Senior Manager – Finance at Nations Leasing, the leasing arm of Nations Trust Bank PLC and Assistant General Manager – Treasury and Operations at LB Finance PLC.
Prior to joining Mahindra Mahindra Mahindra Ideal Finance Limited at its inception in April 2012, he was the Head of Credit and Risk Management at Sampath Leasing and Factoring Limited.
Mr. Pradeep De Silva
Assistant General Manager – Gold Loan
With over 34 years’ experience in Finance, he commenced his career with L B Finance PLC in 1987 and once the gold business was incepted in 1998 was placed in charge of Gold Loan operations and promoted to Senior Manager.
In 2008 he joined Alliance Finance as an Assistant General Manager Gold Loan, continuing in a similar position at Orient Finance Ltd from 2016 until he joined Ideal Finance in 2017. With proven skills he is responsible for promoting and expanding the gold loan product through the entire branch network.
Mr. Rohit Agarwalla
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining Mahindra Ideal Finance Limited Mr. Agarwalla worked in the capacity of General Manager at Mahindra and Mahindra Finance Limited, Head Office, Mumbai. Prior to this he was placed as a Regional Accountant at Mahindra Finance Regional Office, Guwahati (2005 -2017). He is a Chartered Accountant certified by Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (2012 – 2013), Cost and Management Accountant certified by Institute of Cost Accountants of India (2008 – 2011) and Chartered Accountant certified by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2002 – 2005)
Mr. K.H.G. Vishmith Thamaranga
AGM HR
He began his career as a Human Resource Executive in year 2004 at Touchwood Investments PLC. Thereafter, he has joined Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd in 2008 as the Human Resource Manager and he worked at Dialog Axiata PLC under the same capacity since 2018. He has 14 years of experience as a Human Resource Manager in the industry.
He holds a BSc Human Resources Management degree from University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Master of Business Administration from Postgraduate Institute of Management (University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
Mr. K.H. Priyashantha Fernando
AGM – Asset Finance
Mr. Fernando, worked in the capacity of Assistant Vice President – Leasing (Zone II) at Nations Trust Bank PLC.
He began his career in 1991 as an Executive Leasing at Central Finance Company PLC. Thereafter, he was promoted to the capacity of Assistant Manager. In 1998 he joined Mercantile Leasing Company PLC as a Branch Manager and was promoted to Senior Manager – Leasing in 2003. Thereafter, he joined Nations Trust Bank PLC as a Senior Manager and moved up the ranks of the company until he was promoted to the post of AVP in 2015.
Mr Manjula Balasuriya
Assistant General Manager – ICT
He has more than twenty years of ICT experience of which 12+ years with the Non -Banking Financial Services industry including Siyapatha Finance PLC and Peoples Leasing PLC. He is an IT professional with a sound knowledge in Banking & Finance operations. Further, he has experience in IT Operation Management, Project Management, IT Infrastructure Solutions Management and IT Security Administration. He is very familiar with Core Banking Solutions with NBFI operations.
He has played many key roles in System Implementation, Project Management , Product Management and Business Solution Architect. He is designated as Assistant General Manager – Information and Communication Technology in his current role where he is responsible for the overall ICT requirements of the company. He is a member of the British Computer Society , BCS-the Chartered Institute for IT – UK and He is also a practitioner of ITIL.
Ms Sameera Kaumudi
Assistant General Manager – Compliance
Sameera Kaumudi counts over 16 years of experience in the fields of risk management and compliance. Experienced at financial as well as at non-financial institutions including leading conglomerates with exposure to multiple sectors such as financial services, healthcare, leisure, FMCG, power, insurance, automobile, retail, and media. Prior to joining Mahindra Ideal Finance Limited, she served Softlogic Finance PLC as the Head of Risk Management.
She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Town and Country Planning from University of Moratuwa. At present, she is reading for her Executive MBA at Commonwealth of Learning.
Mr Chathura Galhena
Assistant General Manager Internal Audit
Commencing as an Audit Trainee at Ernst & Young in 2004, Mr. Galhena has embarked on a journey marked by unwavering dedication and continuous growth with over 18 years of experience in the banking and finance industry.
Having held pivotal positions as the Head of Internal Audit at Siyaptha Finance PLC and Assistant General Manager Internal Audit at Alliance Finance Company PLC, he brings a wealth of strategic insight to Mahindra Ideal Finance Ltd. He has been an instrumental role in the Corporate Management teams in shaping business oriented internal audit practices over last 9 years.
He is a holder of a B.Sc. (Accounting) Special from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka.
He currently holds the position of Assistant General Manager at Mahindra Ideal Finance Ltd.