Non-executive, Non-independent Chairman

Mr. Balapatabendi assumed duties as the Chairman of People’s Insurance PLC in June 2020. He is an Attorney-at-law and currently operates a Law Chamber in the practice of Civil and Commercial Law. He also holds a L.L.M. from the University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Mr. Balapatabendi served as a State Counsel in the Attorney General’s Department prior to being appointed a Diplomat to the Embassy of Sri Lanka in The Hague, The Netherlands from 2008 to 2010 during which he served as the representative of Sri Lanka to the organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and Hague Convention of Private International Law (HCCH). He was also appointed as the Head of Chancery at the Sri Lankan Mission in The Hague. He was appointed as the Legal Advisor to the Minister of Investment Promotions in 2012 for legal matters relating to investment laws in Sri Lanka and Board of Investment. Mr. Balapatabendi has also served in the Director boards of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, Seylan Bank and Bank of Ceylon prior to being appointed to the People’s Insurance Board. He has served as an executive committee member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. He was appointed the Chairman of the Junior National Law Conference in 2007 and as the Convener of the National Law Conference 2020. At present, he functions as a Director of People’s Bank.

Non-executive, Non-independent Director

Mr. Kodituwakku holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration specialised in Finance from the University of Colombo, Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of New Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. He has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of People's Bank with effect from 19th June 2020. Commencing a career in 1982 in the Bank, he has specialised in a wide spectrum of areas covering Branch Banking, Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking, Off-shore Banking, International Banking, Project Financing, Recoveries, Digitalisation etc. with extensive local and international training/ exposure gained through working in different capacities at different geographical locations. He is a key figure in driving People's Bank towards digitalisation on mapping business requirements to a digital platform by adopting best practices in the industry and re-engineering business processes for which the Bank was awarded many prestigious awards/ recognitions both internationally and locally. Additionally, he has played a key role in the efforts carried out by People's Bank to re-open bank's branches in the Northern Province with the aim of rebuilding the lives of the people and strengthening the economy of the region soon after the end of humanitarian operation in 2009. He also serves as a Director of People's Leasing & Finance PLC, People's Travels Ltd., Lankan Alliance Finance Ltd., Bangladesh, Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd., Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka, Lanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd., National Payments Council, Sri Lanka Banks' Association (Guarantee) Ltd., Lanka Financial Services Bureau and Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

Non-executive, Non-independent Director

Mr. Ibrahim was appointed as a Non-executive, Non-independent Director in July 2017. He holds an Honours Degree (BSc) from the University of Colombo and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers - UK (FCIB). He has over 37 years of banking experience primarily in the areas of Corporate Banking, Treasury Management and Risk Management. He presently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of People's Leasing & Finance PLC and prior to that he has held very senior positions both locally and internationally including, Senior Deputy General Manager, Wholesale Banking (October 2014 to September 2016) and Senior Deputy General Manager, Risk Management (August 2007 to October 2014) of People's Bank, Deputy General Manager, Head of Treasury, Head of Corporate Banking & Recoveries, Chief Risk Officer and Chief Credit Officer of Hatton National Bank PLC (2004 to July 2007) and Head of Credit and GSAM, Standard Chartered Bank (2002 to 2004). Mr. Ibrahim has also been a Director of HNB Securities (Pvt) Limited (2005 to 2007), People's Merchant Bank PLC (2009 to 2011) and People's Merchant Finance PLC (2017 to 2019). At present, he functions as a Director of People's Leasing Fleet Management Limited, People's Leasing Havelock Properties Limited, People's Micro-Commerce Limited, People's Leasing Property Development Limited and Lankan Alliance Finance Limited in Bangladesh.

Non-executive, Independent Director

Mr. Abeysekera was appointed as a Non-executive, Independent Director of People's Insurance PLC in October 2015. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka. He has an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer at Emerchemie NB (Ceylon) Limited, Accountant at Hoechst (Ceylon) Limited and was the Senior Accountant at Lankem Ceylon Limited. He possesses over 25 years of experience in accounting, finance and management. Mr. Abeysekera presently serves SDB Bank in the capacity of Chairman and Director of JanRich Foods Limited.

Non-executive, Non-independent Director

Mr. Fernando was appointed as a Non-executive, Non-independent Director of People's Insurance PLC in June 2020. He has held many senior positions within the Expo Industrial Group which has diversified interests in Apparel, Food Packaging, Industrial Printing, Commercial Printing, Logistics Management, Engineering and Construction. He was the President of the Sri Lanka Association of Printers, Vice President of the Sri Lanka- China Business Council Cooperation. Mr. Fernando functioned as a Director of People's Leasing & Finance PLC, Lankan Alliance Finance Limited, Bangladesh and People's Merchant Finance PLC. Mr. Fernando presently serves as a Director of Expo Industrial Engineering (Pvt) Limited, Expo Property Developers (Pvt) Limited, Expo Printers (Pvt) Limited, Expo Cargo Links (Pvt) Limited, Expo Trade Links (Pvt) Limited and Shore to Shore (Pvt) Limited. He is also an advisory Board Member of the Benedict XVI Catholic Institute of Higher Education and Colombo Catholic Press, a Committee member of National Hospital of Sri Lanka and Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka.

Non-executive, Independent Director

Dr. Wijetilleke was appointed as a Non-executive, Independent Director of People's Insurance PLC in June 2020. He is a Consultant Psychologist, currently operates as the Joint Managing Director of Pubudu House of Education & Genisis Consultancy, Visiting lecturer in Management, Psychology and a practicing Counselor. A Fellow of Institute of Chartered Professional Managers - FCPM and the Chartered Institute of Marketing - FCIM (UK), Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors - SLID, Life Member of Organisation of Professional Associations - OPA, Also Member of many professional associations namely Institute of Certified Management Accountant - CMA, Certified Global Business Analysis - CGBA (Aus), Sri Lanka National Institute of Professional Counselors - MIPC, Institute of Management - MIM(SL) Young Members Forum - Ceylon Chamber of Commerce - CCC and Certified Member of Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing - CMSLIM. Dr. Wijetilleke holds a doctorate in Psychology and is reading for his second PhD in Economics at University of Colombo, also has Master of Business Administration - MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK), Master of Business Administration- MBA - University of Wales (UK), Master of Commerce - M.Com & Bachelor of Computer Application BCA, Advance Diploma in Train the Trainer from City & Guilds (UK) and many more Diplomas and Certifications including Certified Innovation Manager - CIM. During his professional career he held the honorary positions of President, Vice - President of Association of Accountancy Technicians Toastmasters - AAT - Sri Lanka, Committee Member of the Young Professionals, Restaurant, Bar and Social Events Committees of OPA, Executive Council Member IMSL, Mentor for CIM(UK), Treasurer Divisional Conference, Administration Manager & a Judge of Toastmaster International District 82 - India and Sri Lanka. District and Zone Chairman, District & Regional Coordinator Lions International 306A1 and LEO Multiple District Director 306 (Sri Lanka). He was appointed as the First Sri Lankan LEO Representative to Chair the First International LEO Conference at the First LEO Convention in USA - 2007 & First Leo Lion to be appointed as the Sergeant at Arms at the 90th International Lions Convention in USA - 2007. He was selected as The Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Sri Lanka (TOYP). Sri Lankan Representative to represent Sri lanka - 2007, Winner Best Zone Chairman Lions Clubs - 2014, Winner Best PR Project LEO Multiple District 306 - 2007 and awarded Deshamannya,Lanka Janranjana, Lanka Puthra, Vishva Abimani in 2012 considering the service rendered to the society and the under privileged. He has also served as Director Client Leadership at Mind Share World/Unilever (Sri Lanka), Head/Manager of Strategic Planning and Business Analysis at MAS Holdings-MAS(Active)Trading (Pvt) Ltd., Head of Cost Reduction at Star Garments Group, worked at Ceylon Tobacco Company - CTC/British American Tobacco - BAT IT dept. and was appointed as a resource Counselor for the Sri Lankan Navy in 2008 apart from being a Consultant at the police academy; prior to being appointed to the People's Insurance Director Board.

Company Secretary

Ms. Lakmini Kottegoda was appointed as the Company Secretary of People's Insurance PLC in July 2018. She is an Attorney-at-law with a Bachelor's Degree in Law. She also serves as the Company Secretary of People's Leasing & Finance PLC, People's Leasing Fleet Management Limited, People's Leasing Property Development Limited, People's Leasing Havelock Properties Limited and People's Micro-Commerce Ltd.