Guest speaker: Eran Wickramaratne - CEO, NDB Bank PLC

Director / Chief Executive Officer of the National Development Bank PLC. Prior to the merger of the National Development Bank and NDB Bank PLC, MrWickramaratne functioned as Director/Chief Executive Officer of the NDB Bank PLC. From 1999 to 2001, he was Assistant General Manager, responsible for Corporate Finance, Infrastructure and Privatization.

Mr Wickramaratne joined the NDB in 1999 from Citibank, where he was Vice-President and Corporate Bank Head. He has 15 years of varied banking experience at Citibank and held various positions. Mr Wickramaratne was a pioneer of the Government of Sri Lanka’s Information Communication Technology driven Development Programme, e-Sri Lanka and was Chairman of the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA).

He also served as a Director on the Board of Investment. He holds a Degree in Economics and Politics and a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of London. MrWickramaratne is an Eisenhower Fellow. He spoke to the club of “Post War Economics”