Wijesinha appointed Deputy Chairman, Sampath Bank

Sunil Wijesinha has been appointed as Deputy Chairman with the election of Arthur Senanayake as the Chairman of Sampath Bank PLC.

Wijesinha has served the Sampath Bank Board for a total of 15 years having first been a nominee of the Employees Trust Fund (ETF) Board while he was serving the ETF Board, and later on in 1996 the Board once again invited him to serve on the Board of Sampath Bank.

He is also currently a member of the Audit Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Remuneration Committee and Credit Committee of the Bank.

Wijesinha is currently Chairman and Managing Director of Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC and also serves on the Boards of Employees Trust Fund (ETF) and SriLankan Airlines. Previously he held positions of Chairman - Employees Trust Fund Board (ETF) and Merchant Credit of Sri Lanka Limited, Vice Chairman - Colombo Dockyard, Managing Director - Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka Limited and also served on the Board of Colombo Stock Exchange.