Mr Premanath joined People’s Bank as a Management Trainee in 1987 and counts nearly 33 years of service. He holds a Second Class Upper Degree in BCom from the University of Colombo and AIB-Intermediate Sri Lanka. Since 2011 he holds the position of Deputy General Manager (Channel Management Department) and is in charge of seven departments covering Banking Support Services, Supplies, Transport, Security, Maintenance Engineering, Building Engineering, and Desk Top Publishing where he has gained immense experience in procurement, construction and maintenance, stores and inventory control, transport and security procedure. During his banking career, he has participated in various exposure programmes both locally and internationally and has vast knowledge in managing business banking.