Mr. Rajendra Theagarajah is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and holds a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield School of Business, UK.

A veteran banker, Mr. Rajendra Theagarajah had a highly successful career in banking both in the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.

During his 37 year career, he spent the last 16 years as the CEO of three licensed commercial banks in Sri Lanka and made significant contributions towards policy advocacy issues such as the Corporate Governance Framework for Banks, Basel III adoption and Fair Value Accounting by Banks, Financial Inclusion and more recently development of Fintec Sand Box-framework for Banks. During this period he chaired the Sri Lanka Banks Association, the Asian Banks Association and Lanka Financial Services Bureau.

He also served on the boards of Lanka Clear and Colombo Stock Exchange, American Chamber of Commerce, Sri Lanka Institute of Directors and as Chairman of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (2017-19).

He currently serves on the Boards of Siam City, Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Professional Insurance Corporation of Zambia, Chairman and an Independent Non-Executive Director of First Capital Holdings PLC, Chairman of Janashakti Finance PLC, Payable Pvt Limited and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colours of Courage Limited. In 2016, he walked 674 kilo meters across Sri Lanka (from Point Pedro to Dondra) as part of an awareness and fun raising campaign for cancer care.

In 2022, he received the title “Chairman Emeritus” of The Asian Banks Association for his outstanding contribution.

Mr. Theagarajah is also a Senior Visiting Fellow of the Pathfinder Foundation, a leading think tank in Sri Lanka. Mr. Rajendra Theagarajah was appointed as the chairman of the Company with effect from 27th April 2022.