Mr. Priyal Silva
Deputy General Manager (Branch Operations)
Mr. Silva joined the Bank in 1997 as a Management Trainee and has served in the capacities of Credit Officer, Audit Officer, and Branch Manager within the branch network during his career at the Bank. He has gained vast experience in retail banking, prior to various positions both locally and in internationally at the Dealing Room and the London branch.
He has held key positions as Senior Manager of the Trade Promotion Unit and Chief Manager of the International Division for over five years, and also contributed significantly to the activities of the Marketing Division as the Assistant General Manager(Marketing). He was a member of many executive management committees of the bank, including the Reward and Recognition Committee and Disciplinary Authority Committee.
Mr. Silva graduated from the University of Ruhuna with BBA (Special) in Marketing, obtained an MBA in Accountancy from the University of Kelaniya and also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing(UK) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK), Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL) and Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM).
Prior to receiving his appointment as Deputy General Manager (Branch Operations) Mr. Silva held the positions of the Deputy General Manager (Corporate & Offshore Banking), Deputy General Manager (Sales and Channel Management), Deputy General Manager (Finance & Planning) and Chief Marketing Officer in the Corporate Management. He has also held the positions of Assistant General Manager (North Western Province), Assistant General Manager (Marketing) and Assistant General Manager (Western Province-North) of the Executive Management.
