Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Mr. S.M. Tishan H. Subasinghe

Chairman / Non-executive ( Non Independent) Director - (FCA,CPFA (UK),ACMA,CISA(USA)MBA(Fin - Col), LL.B, Attorney at Law

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Mr. S.M. Tishan H. Subasinghe

Chairman / Non-executive ( Non Independent) Director - (FCA,CPFA (UK),ACMA,CISA(USA)MBA(Fin - Col), LL.B, Attorney at Law


Mr. S.M. Tishan H. Subasinghe has assumed duty as the Chairman of Sanasa General Insurance Company Ltd from 7th March 2019. Initially he joined Sanasa Life Insurance in 2009 as an Non Executive Independent Director and was appointed as a Director of Sanasa General Insurance in 2014. Mr. S. M. Tishan H. Subasinghe is a senior fellow and a Council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. Mr. Subasinghe has been graduated with LL.B from Buckinghamshire New University in England and obtained his MBA Specialised in finance from the University of Colombo and a gold medallist on the same. At present he is working as the Managing Director of Moore Stephens Consulting (Pvt) Ltd. And also he serves as a Council Member of the University of Moratuwa , Non- executive Independent Director of Amana Bank PLC and Kapruka Holdings Ltd. Furthermore he has gained much experience in his career by working as a senior partner of BDO Partners, a firm of Chartered Accountants for 10 years. In addition to that he has worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Sothern African region as well as in the USA.

Mr. Keerthi Kumara Weerakkody

Non- Executive Director

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Mr. Keerthi Kumara Weerakkody

Non- Executive Director


Mr. Keerthi Kumara Weerakkody serves as Non- Executive Director (Non Independent) and appointed to the board on 7th March 2019 by representing the holding company. Mr. Weerakkody serves to Sanasa Life Insurance Company as a Non-Executive / Non Independent Director from 25/06/2016 to date. He serves as the chairman of Kesbewa Sanasa Shareholders Trust Company and Undurugoda Sanasa Society. And also he served as a director of Colombo District Sanasa Society Union Limited and as an executive committee member of Sri Lanka Foot Wear & Leather Products Manufactures Association. And he is the Proprietor of Kasun Enterprise.

Mr. J.A. Lahiru S. Jayasinghe

Non-Executive Independent Director - MBA(PIM), BSc, Bus Admin (Sp), FCA, ACIM, ACMA, ACPM, CLSSBB

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Mr. J.A. Lahiru S. Jayasinghe

Non-Executive Independent Director - MBA(PIM), BSc, Bus Admin (Sp), FCA, ACIM, ACMA, ACPM, CLSSBB


Mr Lahiru Jayasinghe serves as Non – executive Independent Director and appointed to the board on 2nd May 2019. Lahiru Jayasinghe, is a graduate from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and holds a Master’s degree in the field of Business Administration from Postgraduate Institute of Management. He is also an Associate member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CASL), Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM UK) and Associate Member of The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) & Holds Lean six sigma black belts (CLSSBB) as well. Mr. Jayasinghe joined the Board of Directors of the Sanasa General Insurance as a Non-Executive Independent Director in 2019. He is currently Serving as the Chairman of its Audit Committee. Furthermore, he is a council member of the Sri Lanka Economic Association and AAT Sri Lanka and a member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors. He has over 12 years of experience in the Manufacturing, Agriculture, Trading, Service, and Apparel industries, in the streams of Accounting & Finance, Taxation, and External &; Internal Auditing. He carries extensive experience in Strategic Management, Financial management. Marketing management, operational management, Lean and six sigma practices & digital transformation. Presently Mr Jayasinghe holds the position of Chief Operating Officer at St. Anthony’s Industries Group.

Mr. W. Denzil Indrajith Perera

Non Executive Independent Director - MBA-PIM(Merit), B.Sc( Marketing Special) Hons, CIM-UK, MSLIM

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Mr. W. Denzil Indrajith Perera

Non Executive Independent Director - MBA-PIM(Merit), B.Sc( Marketing Special) Hons, CIM-UK, MSLIM


Mr Denzil Perera serves as Non – executive Independent Director and appointed to the board on 1st December 2020. Denzil Perera obtained his MBA (Merit) from PIM, B.Sc. -Marketing (Hons) from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from CIM (UK). He is a Brand and Business Strategist/Consultant. He is a senior lecturer (part-time) at the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing for Strategic Brand Management and a visiting lecturer for Universities of Colombo, Kelaniya and Sri Jayewardenepura for Strategic Marketing. Denzil has served in the fields of Marketing, Branding and Sales at Sri Lanka Insurance, Union Assurance, Hemas Consumer Brands, Marina Foods, ACL Cables and Heyleys group during his career of 17 years which he started as a Brand Executive and reached the level of General Manager. Currently he serves as a Director of the National Design Center and as an external board member of the Management Faculty of the University of Uwa Wellassa. Also he's the Chairman on Lanka Salusala Ltd.

Mr. Senthilverl Senthi Aathavan

Non- Executive Director - MBA(UK)

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Mr. Senthilverl Senthi Aathavan

Non- Executive Director - MBA(UK)


Mr. Senthilverl Senthi Aathavan serves as Non- Executive Director (Non-Independent) and appointed to the Board on 1st July 2022. Mr. Senthilverl Senthi Aathavan, counts more than a decade of corporate experience in the field of management, marketing and investment. He is a member of Association of Business Executives (UK). He holds the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Edinburgh Napier University (UK). He holds directorships at Senthilverl Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (Investment company specialised in Equity Investments founded by Dr. Thirugnanasambandar Senthilverl) Sanasa Development Bank PLC and Samindu Incense (Pvt) Ltd. He is a Partner of Dollar Corporation (Total solution provider for cosmetics, confectionary, beverages, toiletries, detergent, incense stick and allied industries since 1945).

Mr. K.M. Karunathunga

Non- Executive Director - BA ( Colombo)

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Mr. K.M. Karunathunga

Non- Executive Director - BA ( Colombo)


Mr. K.M. Karunathunga serves as Non- Executive Director (Non Independent) and appointed to the board on 1st September 2022 by representing the holding company. Mr. K.M. Karunathunga serves to Sanasa Life Insurance Company as Non- Executive Director from 2021. He served as the Training officer and Chief Training Coordinator of Sanasa Campus Ltd. He has also served as the Manager - Training Administration & Operation of Sanasa Insurance Company Ltd. Currently he serves as the General Manager of Sanasa Bank Minhettiya (PTCCS). He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colombo.

Dr. Sagari Kiriwandeniya

Non - Executive Director

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Dr. Sagari Kiriwandeniya

Non - Executive Director


She holds a MD Zaporozhye state Medical University - Ukraine, Msc and MD(Medical Administration) - Post Graduate Institute of Medical University of Colombo. She is a council member of the college of Medical Administrators of Sri Lanka & currently serves as the director -De Soysa Teaching Hospital for Women.