Supplementary Reports
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
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
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 Prasadini 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 SenaratneNo. 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
Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd.
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