Rajive Dissanayake appointed to HNBA, HNBGI boards

HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA) announced the appointment of Rajive Dissanayake as a Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director to the boards of HNBA and its fully-owned subsidiary HNB General Insurance Limited (HNBGI) by the vote of Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), the parent shareholder of HNBA. 

Accordingly, the board of directors of HNBA comprises of Rose Cooray, Sarath Ratwatte, Mahendra Jayasekera, K. Balasundaram, Dilshan Rodrigo, Siromi Wickramasinghe, Dr. Sivakumar Selliah, Deepthi Lokuarachchi and Rajive Dissanayake. 

The board of directors of HNBGI comprises of Rose Cooray, Faizal Sallieh, Dilshan Rodrigo, Marina Tharmaratnam, Deepthi Lokuarachchi and Rajive Dissanayake.

Dissanayake is a Chartered Financial Analyst as well as a Certified Global Management Accountant and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. 

Dissanayake obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Colombo and has served several sectors including banking and capital markets for nearly two decades.

Dissanayake started his career at National Development Bank and then moved to HNB Stockbrokers (Pvt.) Ltd as Head of Research. He joined Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB) in 2008 and currently holds the position of Assistant General Manager Strategy/Chief Strategy Officer of HNB.

In addition, he also serves as a Director of HNB Grameen Finance Limited, Acuity Partners (Pvt.) Ltd and Acuity Securities Ltd.