Bank of Ceylon (UK) Ltd

Kavinda de Zoysa

Chairman – Bank of Ceylon
Chairman/Non-Executive Director BOC UK
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Bank of Ceylon (UK) Ltd

Qualification

Master in Computing

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Mr. Kavinda de Zoysa is the Chairman/Non-Executive Director of Bank of Ceylon (BOC) since November 2024, Sri Lanka’s largest commercial bank, with over 2,300 touchpoints, which include a network of over 658 branches and with overseas presence in UK, India, Maldives and Seychelles and was appointed as Chairman/Non-Executive Director of BOC UK Ltd: SMF9 in December 2024.

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He is the Chairman/Non-Executive Director of Property Development Ltd and the Chairman/Non-Executive Director of BOC IT Solutions Pvt Ltd. He is also a Global Council Member of CIMA UK (Board of Directors), (CIMA & AICPA together form the world’s largest accounting body). He was also a Board Director of AmCham Sri Lanka.

Mr. de Zoysa is a career Banker with over three decades of diverse banking experience and over 25 years in Management. During his career, he has successfully navigated both local and international banking environments, holding senior leadership roles. Prior to BOC, he served as Director and Country Business Head at Citibank N.A Sri Lanka. During the tenor of nearly two decades at Citi, he also served as a core member of the Country Management Team and Governance Committees. His leadership at Citi saw him develop, implement, and execute Strategic Plans, lead landmark Corporate Finance & Capital Market transactions, M&A, Advisory, and promote Digitization.

His overall exposure covers Corporate & Investment banking, Digitization, Risk Management, Strategic Planning, M&A, Advisory, Capital Markets, Management Accounting, Development Banking, Project Finance, SME lending, Banking Operations, Trade, ECA Financing, Audit, Cash Management and Treasury (FICC product solutions).

He is a Fellow of CIMA (UK), CIM (UK), the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He holds an MBA (Merit pass & Gold Medalist) from the University of Colombo and has completed executive education program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and ICAEW Non-Executive Director Certification, jointly awarded by ICAEW and the Non-Executive Directors’ Association (NEDA) in UK.

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