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Rohini Nanayakkara
Sri Lankan banker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rohini Nanayakkara is a retired bank executive from Sri Lanka.[1]
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Biography
Nanayakkara grew up in a family of seven children. She studied economics at the University of Ceylon at Peradeniya, graduating in 1959.[2][3]
She joined the Bank of Ceylon in 1959 as a staff assistant.[1] In 1988, she became the bank's general manager and chief executive.[4][5] She held this position until her retirement in 1996.[4]
After retiring, she helped establish Seylan Bank, and was appointed general manager of the Ministry of Finance's Private Sector Infrastructure Development Company.[6] In 2005, she was appointed a member of the government's Task Force to Rebuild the Nation.[7] She has served as chair of Lanka Orix Leasing Company (LOLC) and Browns Group.[6]
Nanayakkara has served as chairperson of the Sri Lanka Bankers Association and chairperson of the Association of Professional Bankers – Sri Lanka.[7]
In 2011, Nanayakkara published her memoirs, titled What Glass Ceiling? The Memoirs of Rohini Nanayakkara.[3]
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