CITIZENS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS FINANCE PLC

ANNUAL REPORT 2021/22

Corporate Information

Name of the Company

Citizens Development Business Finance PLC

Legal form

A public quoted company incorporated in Sri Lanka under the provisions of the Companies Act No. 17 of 1982 and re-registered under the Companies Act No. 07 of 2007.

The Company is licensed under the Finance Business Act No. 42 of 2011. The Company is registered under the Finance Leasing Act No. 56 of 2000 and CDB is an approved credit agency under Mortgage Act No. 06 of 1949 and Trust Receipt Ordinance No. 12 of 1947.

Date of incorporation

7 September 1995

Registration number

PB 232 PQ

Accounting year

31 March

Board of Directors

Mr Joseph Rene Alastair Corera

CFA (USA), FCMA (UK)

Chairman/Independent
Non-Executive Director

Mr W P C M Nanayakkara

BSc (Mgt), FCMA (UK), MBA (Sri J), CGMA

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director

Mr T M D P Tennakoon

FCMA (UK), CGMA

Deputy CEO/Chief Financial Officer/Executive Director

Mr R H Abeygoonewardena

FCMA (UK), ACMA (Sri), MCPM, CGMA

Executive Director -
Corporate Finance

Mr Jagath Priyantha Abhayaratne

MBA, B.Sc (Admin)

Non-Executive Director

Prof S P P Amaratunge

BA (Econ) (Sp) (SJP), MA Econ (Colombo),

MSc Econ. of Rural Dev. (Saga, Japan); PhD (Kogoshima, Japan)

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr E R S G S Hemachandra

MBA (Australia), Dip M (UK),
FCIM (UK)

Non-Executive Director

Mr D A De Silva

BSc (Hons), ACMA, CGMA

Executive Director – Business Operations

Elangovan Karthik

FCIM, FSLIM, BSc (Mgt), M BA (PIM), CGMA

Executive Director –
Chief Emergent Business Officer

Mr S Kumarapperuma

BSc (Science), MBA (Colombo),

Postgraduate Dip (Actuarial Science)

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr S V Munasinghe

MBA (Fed. Uni. Aus)

Executive Director –
Sales and Business Development

Mrs P R W Perera

FCA, ACMA

Independent Non-Executive Director

Prof Prasadani Naganika Gamage

BSc (Admin), PhD (HRM),

MSc (Management), Attorney-at-Law

Independent Non-Executive Director

Registered address of head office

No. 123, Orabipasha Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.

Phone : +94 11 738 8388

Fax : +94 11 242 9888

Email : cdb@cdb.lk

Web : www.cdb.lk

Company Secretary

Ms Mihiri Shashikala Senaratne

No. 123, Orabipasha Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka

Phone : +94 11 738 8388

Fax : +94 11 242 9888

Email : mihiri.senaratne@cdb.lk

Company registrars

SSP Corporate Services (Pvt) Limited

101, Inner Flower Road,
Colombo 03, Sri Lanka

Phone : +94 11 257 3894,
+94 11 257 6871

Fax : +94 11 257 3609

Email : sspec@sltnet.lk

Company Auditors

KPMG (Chartered Accountants)

32 A, Sir Mohamed Macan
Markar Mawatha,

Colombo 03, Sri Lanka

Phone : +94 11 542 6426

Lawyers of
the Company

Nithya Partners

No. 97 A, Galle Road,
Colombo 03, Sri Lanka

Credit rating agency

ICRA Lanka Limited

Bankers

Bank of Ceylon

Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC

Deutsche Bank

DFCC Bank PLC

Hatton National Bank PLC

National Development Bank PLC

Nations Trust Bank PLC

People’s Bank

Sampath Bank PLC

Seylan Bank PLC

Union Bank PLC

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