Chief Executive Officer/ General Manager
A former student of St. Anthony’s College, Wattala, Mr. Vasantha Kumar holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and counts nearly 32 years of experience in Treasury Management. He joined the People’s Bank Corporate Management in March 2001 as Head of Treasury before serving as one of the Senior Deputy General Managers. Prior to joining the People’s Bank, he served as Treasurer at ANZ Grindlays Bank, Colombo for many years.
During his tenure at People’s Bank, Mr. Kumar has re-engineered the Bank’s Treasury Unit from a relatively support-oriented service unit to a frontline revenue-earning business segment and has significantly enhanced the technical expertise and service quality that is delivered by the Treasury Team.
He is the past President of the Association of Primary Dealers and of the Sri Lanka Forex Association.
He is also a Director of People’s Leasing Co. Ltd. and People’s Travels (Pvt) Ltd