Sanjeewa Samaranayake

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Biography

Mr. Sanjeewa Samaranayake serves as Chief Financial Officer at Sri Lanka Telecom. He is the Group Chief Financial Officer of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and counts over 25 years of management experience, holding senior positions in reputed manufacturing, trading, and service organizations in Sri Lanka and overseas. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He holds an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Colombo. He followed an Advance Management Programme (AMP) conducted by the Kellogg Business School in the USA and a Mergers & Acquisitions Course conducted by the Chicago Booth, University of Chicago, USA. He joined Sri Lanka Telecom PLC as the Group's Chief Financial Officer in September 2018. Prior to joining SLT, he served as the Group Chief Financial Officer of a leading conglomerate in Sri Lanka diversified into consumer, healthcare, and transportation sectors. Prior to his appointment as the Group Chief Financial Officer, he served as the Managing Director and as the Director - Finance and Supply Chain of the healthcare sector in the same conglomerate. Further, during his career, he worked as the Group Financial Controller and also as a member of the Senior Management Committee in a reputed company engaged in exports in Sri Lanka. He held many senior positions at the Chamber of Pharmaceuticals Industry of Sri Lanka and last the Senior Vice President position for two consecutive years. He was a committee member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Import Section for several years holding senior positions. He was awarded the prestigious "Platinum Honours Award" by the Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni in 2010 and the "Diamond Service Award" for the "Most Outstanding Business Leader of the Year" awarded jointly by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and the Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni in 2016.