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DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER - RISK MANAGEMENT

MS. G M R P WIJERATHNA

Ms Roshini Wijerathna currently heads the Risk Management and Credit Control functions of the Bank, where she has served for over 32 years. Her experience in the Bank’s Treasury Division spans over 26 years, during which she has deputised the Primary Dealer Unit since 2003, and the Treasury thereafter. Since 2017, she has been actively involved in strengthening the Bank’s risk management processes, playing a key role in this area.
Being highly qualified in her chosen profession, Ms Wijerathna’s academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Physical Science) with a Second Class Upper from the University of Colombo, a Master of Business Administration Finance) from the same university, and a Diploma in Treasury and Risk Management from IBSL. She has also obtained a distinction for the ACI Dealing Certificate – ACI, Financial Markets Association, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
Ms Wijerathna has held leadership positions in various professional associations, having been a President and Secretary of the Association of Primary Dealers, and currently, a member of the Sri Lanka Forex Association and Association of Professional Bankers. She is also an Ex-Co member of the Association of Banking Sector Risk Professionals, and serves as a member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

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No.75, Sir Chittampalam A.
Gardiner Mawatha,
Colombo 2, Sri Lanka.

Telephone : +94 (0)11 2481481
Call Center : 1961
E-Mail : info@peoplesbank.lk
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Director

Mr. A M P M B Atapattu

Mr. A M P M B Atapattu currently serves as a Secretary to the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Food Security and he has over 28 years of work experience in Banking, Finance and Business Administration.

He graduated from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura with a BSc in Management (Public Administration) Second Class Upper Division Degree. He also holds a Master’s Degree in International Development from Flinders University, Australia, and has completed two postgraduate diplomas: Economic Development from the University of Colombo and Development Economy from the Institute of Development Economies, Japan. His research topic for his Master’s Degree in International Development awarded by Flinders University in 2004 was “Rationalisation for Industrial Development in Sri Lanka”. In addition, holds a Licentiate Certificate from the ICASL, Sri Lanka.

Before assuming the current position he worked as a Senior Additional Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka and was assigned the duties of economic reforms in the section of Stabilisation Recovery and Growth of the economy. As the Director General, (Planning) of the Ministry of Education he was in charge of preparing the Capital Budget of the Ministry and monitoring the development projects of the Ministry. Further, as a Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, he was in charge of donor funding projects, implementation of trade and tariff policies of the Government, and monitoring of the national budget. Also, he has initiated the ‘Enterprise Sri Lanka Subsidiary Loan & Development Programme’ as a national budget proposal of the Government.

Mr. Atapattu has also functioned as Director General of the Department of Development. In that capacity, he has initiated warehouse receipts financing system for grain farmers and fertiliser cash subsidy scheme for farmers. Further, he has implemented Refinance Loan Schemes called “Small and Medium Enterprise Regional Development Project” (SMERDP) funded by the Asian Development Bank, “Small and Medium Enterprise Development Facility Project” (SMEDeF) funded by the World Bank, and “Small and Medium Enterprises Line of Credit (SMELoC) funded by the Asian Development Bank. In addition, he has executed the SME Development Programme funded by the German International Cooperation (GIZ) as well as the “Rooftop Solar Power Generation Line of Credit Project” (RSPGLoC) funded by the Asian Development Bank.

Mr Atapattu has also performed his duties as the Treasury Representative on the Board of Investments, People’s Bank, Sri Lankan Airline Limited, Sri Lanka Tea Board, National Lotteries Board, Sri Lanka Savings Bank, Lankaputhra Development Bank, Cooperative Wholesale Establishments, University of Vocational Technology and the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka.