BOC Managing Director assumes duties

Sara Pathirana

D. M. Gunasekara assuming duties in the presence of his family members, Gamini Wickramasinghe, Outgoing Chairman and BOC staff. Picture by Thushara Fernando.

Senior banker, D. M. Gunasekara was appointed as the new General Manager of the Bank of Ceylon (BOC) yesterday, held at the BOC Head Office.

The new General Manager on assuming duties said that the BOC understood the diverse needs of the people of Sri Lanka and that he had plans to expand the bank's presence internationally.

"I look forward in taking the bank further and with my assumption, concentrate on improving the bank technology wise, provide new training programmes for the new staff and also work on further developments. We are in the process of making arrangements to transform the pace the bank has taken and with the advancement of technology for the comfort and satisfaction of our customers, we will work on innovating all our financial services," Gunasekara said.

He added that the bank was making an enormous contribution to the country's economy by being in line with the government policies to assist in the country's future developments and steer entrepreneurs towards achieving their goals.

Gunasekara served as the Deputy General Manager for Retail Banking and has 29 years of experience in the Banking field, which includes Corporate banking, International banking, Off-shore banking and Retail banking.