Mr. de Zylva is the Chairman of the Board of LOLC (Cambodia) Plc. and LOLC Finance Plc. in Sri Lanka. He is also the Managing Director of LOLC Myanmar Micro-Finance Company Ltd. Prior to sitting as the Chairman of LOLC (Cambodia) Plc., Mr. de Zylva had rich overseas experience in both board and general management positions over the course of 37 consecutive years working in the Non-Bank Financial Services Industry (NBFI). These roles include work for licensed finance companies, microfinance institutions, and specialized leasing companies. He has significant experience and expertise surrounding the NBFI sector covering credit and recovery management, finance, marketing and sales. Mr. de Zylva was a fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management and was later selected as an Honorary Secretary in the 2010 institute election. He was also involved in the Council of Management of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka, where he served nine years as a member – four of which as a vice chairman – and as a Director of the Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Limited. In 2015, Mr. de Zylva relinquished these roles in order to take on a regional assignment for the LOLC Group in Myanmar & Cambodia.

Mr. Dias was the former Group CIO and Director of LOLC Holdings Plc., Director/CEO of LOLC Finance Plc., and the Co-founder of iPay. Mr. Dias graduated with a master’s degree from the University of Leicester majoring in business administration. He has done fellowships through the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the British Computer Society and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, and he is certified as a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Mr. Dias has applied his 30 years of experience to supporting the LOLC Group and the local IT Industry possesses domain expertise in sectors such as trading, banking and finance, asset management and manufacturing. In recognition of his contribution, he was awarded the CSSL CIO of the year award in 2016 and later awarded the Professional Excellence Award in 2017 by the Institute of Certified Management of Accountants of Sri Lanka. In 2020, a year of prize for Mr. Dias, he was inducted into the Global CIO Hall of Fame and was an IDG USA Global CIO100 winner.

Mr. Wijesiriwardana is an Independent Director of LOLC (Cambodia) Plc. With more than 20 years of experience in nearly 30 different countries, Mr. Wijesiriwardana is a proficient consultant in international development finance. His experience covers key areas of expertise, including capacity building in the financial sector and Microfinance and SME Finance (MSME). Mr. Wijesiriwardana is also highly skilled in strategy and business design, developing inclusive financial systems, developing capacity in financial institutions focusing on MSME, institutional transformations, and product design and process improvements. During his career in the banking sector prior to becoming a consultant, he developed and evaluated project proposals and monitored projects. During this time, he was responsible for loan financing for small, medium, and large enterprises; trade financing; equity financing; restructuring; loan syndication; and leasing. He also took charge of managing and developing financial support services, including budgeting and monitoring, planning, accounting, and MIS.

Mr. Kamantha Amarasekera is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and is an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He also holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and began his career in the year 1998. Mr. Amarasekera is an eminent Tax Consultant and the Senior Tax and Legal Partner of M/s. Amarasekera & Company, a leading tax consultancy firm in the country. Other key appointments include: Director - Kelani Tyres PLC, Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) PLC, Madulsima Plantations PLC, Balangoda Plantations PLC, Eden Hotel Lanka PLC, Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC, Palm Garden Hotels PLC, AgStar PLC, Serendib Hotels PLC, Dolphin Hotels PLC, Hotel Sigiriya PLC, Hapugastenne Plantations PLC, Udapussellawa Plantations PLC and several other subsidiaries of Browns Investments Group.

Mrs. Nadika Opatha is a pioneer for women in finance and insurance, with over 28 years of leadership experience across Sri Lanka, Cambodia and North America. She holds a master’s in business administration from the University of Colombo. After launching her career with LOLC Holdings in 1997, she spent roughly a decade working as a financial advisor for the insurance arm of the Royal Bank of Canada and earned a Diploma in Investment Funds from the Institute of Canadian Bankers Association. During this time she achieved Million Dollar Round Table status in 2007 and 2008 –– one of the highest global achievements in the Life Insurance Industry. Returning to Sri Lanka, Mrs. Nadika became head of LOLC Insurance Company’s Bancassurance and Corporate Sales team, establishing these new sectors for the company. She became COO of the LOLC Group insurance arm in 2019 and CEO in 2020 –– making her both the first female CEO in the Sri Lankan life insurance industry and in the LOLC Group. In 2021 she was appointed Executive Director of Serendib Micro Insurance PLC, Cambodia, and the following year she was made Executive Director of the Board of LOLC Life Assurance Ltd. Mrs. Nadika is also the Treasurer of the Insurance Association of Sri Lanka, a member of Women in Management Sri Lanka and a board member at the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka Additional accolades include being recognized as Best National Sales Head at SLIM NASCO 2018 and the 2023 Career Role Model of the Year at the Top 50 Professional & Career Women Global Awards.

Mrs. Sunjeevani is a senior finance professional with extensive management experience in Finance and Financial management practices. She is a member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and the Chartered Global Management Accountants (USA), and  holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Colombo. She has over twenty years of senior management experience across insurance, finance companies, factoring, fund management, unit trusts and stock broking. Her non-financial services sector experience includes work in leisure, trading, manufacturing, construction, agriculture and plantations, and IT services. Mrs. Sunjeevani is a catalyst in restructuring and change management, mergers and acquisitions and project management. She is CFO of Browns Investments PLC Group, overseeing finance for the group locally and internationally, and she sits on the board of several listed companies including Amstar PLC, Seylan Bank PLC and Sierra Cables PLC.

Thamotharampillai Sanakan joined Browns Group in 2013 as the Chief Financial Officer and was tasked with an additional role of leading the operations in 2020 as the Chief Operating Officer. He counts for over 25 years of experience where he held many senior management positions in multiple industries such as Financial Services, Trading, Export, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Commodities and Consumer. Presently he serves as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Browns Group of Companies. Driving the Group towards new revenue streams with multifaceted local and regional expansions while maintaining sustainable growth in a challenging environment has been a key factor for Sanakan. He previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer at LOLC Securities Ltd in the LOLC Group.
He excels in the areas of digital transformation, change management, new business start-ups, business process re-engineering, project management and strategic business management. He served in the Board of Commercial Leasing & Finance PLC, the Boards of LOLC Development Finance PLC and Audit Committee Chairman for LOLC Development Finance PLC and currently serving Associated Battery Manufacturers (Ceylon) Ltd., BI Holdings Ltd and several other group companies. He is an Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK and Chartered Global Management Accountants of USA.