SDB bank-Hayleys Mobility advance sustainable mobility and private vehicle leasing

From left: SDB bank Chief Manager Business Banking Tharanga De Silva, Senior Manager Leasing Lahiru Ekanayake, Chief Business Officer Chitral De Silva, Deputy Chief Executive Officer Manoj Akmeemana, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Kapila Ariyaratne, Hayleys Mobility Managing Director Hasith Prematillake, Executive Director Roshani Dharmaratne, Assistant General Manager Suraj Chularathne, General Manager Finance Panduka Rathnayake and Assistant Manager Channel Development Anjana Jayarathne

SDB bank has entered into a strategic partnership with Hayleys Mobility Limited through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU), reinforcing the bank’s commitment to expanding access to structured mobility financing while advancing its broader sustainability banking agenda. 

The collaboration brings together two established institutions to support the customers seeking leasing solutions for private vehicles, with a notable emphasis on electric vehicles as part of a more future-focused approach to transportation. 

The MoU was signed recently at the Hayleys Mobility office in Union Place, in the presence of senior representatives from both organisations. Representing SDB bank Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Kapila Ariyaratne, Deputy Chief Executive Officer Manoj Akmeemana, Chief Business Officer Chitral De Silva, Head of Leasing Lahiru Ekanayake and Chief Manager Business Banking Tharanga De Silva participated. 

Hayleys Mobility was represented by Managing Director Hasith Prematillake, Director Roshani Dharmaratne, General Manager Finance Panduka Rathnayake and Assistant General Manager Suraj Chularathne.

The partnership is designed to expand access to private and sustainable leasing solutions across Sri Lanka, while also responding to growing interest in cleaner and more responsible mobility choices. By placing special focus on electric vehicle leasing, the initiative reflects SDB bank’s recognition of changing customer preferences and the importance of supporting more sustainable transport options through accessible financing. 

In addition to supporting conventional private vehicle financing, the collaboration enables the customers to benefit from a more integrated experience that brings together vehicle selection and financing under a single proposition. 

SDB bank Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Kapila Ariyaratne said, “As customer expectations continue to evolve—particularly with the rising interest in electric mobility, we see this collaboration as an opportunity to strengthen access to structured leasing while also supporting a more sustainable future..”