Mr. Manjula Kumarasinghe – Director, Institutional Sales
An old boy of Royal College, Colombo 7, Mr. Manjula Kumarasinghe started his career as an Audit Trainee at KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Company and later moved on to John Keells Holdings as a management trainee and worked as a stock broker. In 1995 he joined Jardine Fleming HNB Securities Ltd. as a Manager of Institutional Sales. In 2000 he moved to Asian Alliance Insurance and headed the Bancassurance Channel at Sampath Bank when Bancassurance was first introduced to Sri Lanka. He has over 18 years of experience in the Capital Market and 4 years of Insurance Industry experience. Prior to joining Asia Capital he worked as Chief Operating Officer of SKM Lanka Holdings Ltd. - a trading member of CSE and has also worked as a Manager of Corporate Sales at Asha Phillip Securities Ltd. – a member of CSE.
He is an Associate of Securities Institute of London and Australia and a licensed stock broker accredited by Securities Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka and is currently reading for his MBA at Asia e University of Malaysia. He is a guest lecturer at Colombo Stock Exchange's education faculty and has conducted many awareness programs and presentations on capital market in collaboration with CSE and SEC.
Mr. Thusitha Perera - Chief Financial Officer
An associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, Mr. Thusitha Perera has over 17 years of experience in finance and auditing, both locally and internationally.
He began his career at Kreston M.N.S. & Co. (Correspondent Firm of Grant Thornton International) in the fields of auditing, accounting and management consultancy and thereafter joined several leading mercantile companies and has held many senior positions. His last assignment was at Pacific International Sales Ltd at British Columbia, Canada, prior to joining Asia Capital PLC.
Mr. Chatura Kulatilaka – Head of Information Technology
Mr. Chatura Kulatilaka counts over 13 years of experience in Information Technology of which over 8 years were at the Colombo Stock Exchange. He headed the IT Operations and Software Development at the CSE as the Manager of Systems Operations, prior to joining Asia Securities as its Head of IT. He started his career as a Software Engineer and subsequently moved on to systems operations and management. He has experience in Software Development, IT Operations, Data Center Management and Disaster Recovery Planning among other areas.
Mr. Kulatilaka has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Colombo and a B.Sc in Computing and Information Systems. He is an old boy of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.
Mr. Kalana Senaratne - Manager - Human Resources & Administration
Mr. Senaratne counts 10 years of experience locally as well as overseas as a H.R. Generalist working in diverse industry segments covering service and manufacturing environments. During his H.R.M. career he has worked at Diesel & Motor Engineering Com. PLC., Ceylon Glass Company PLC., Nilkamal Eswaran Plastics (Pvt) Ltd and the Zillione Group of Companies.
He is currently working towards his Masters Degree at the University of Colombo and completed his Post Graduate Diploma in H.R. Development at IIMT in India. He holds a B.Sc (HRM) Sp. Hons. Degree awarded by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and holds a Diploma in Human Rights awarded by IHRSL. In addition, Mr. Senaratne is an Associate Member of the Institute of Personnel Management (AMIPM) of Sri Lanka.