Mr. Sunimal Weerasooriya
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Weerasooriya is a highly experienced technology professional counting over 30 years of experience in many domains such as digital payments, logistics, automated clearing houses/payment infrastructure, information security, business process outsourcing, cash management, investment banking, production and training, specialising in the areas of technology strategy, digital transformation, technology management, technology transfer, business strategy and innovation.
He graduated with a 1st Class Honours Degree in Engineering from University of Peradeniya in 1992 and later obtained several postgraduate qualifications in multiple disciplines such as an MBA from Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), an MBA in Management of Technology from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand and a MSc in Project Management from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. Mr. Weerasooriya is also a Fellow Member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) of UK.
He was the former General Manager/CEO of LankaPay (Pvt) Ltd and was instrumental in setting up the digital payment backbone infrastructure in Sri Lanka under the guidance of Central Bank of Sri Lanka under the brand name, LankaPay. More recently, Mr. Weerasooriya functioned as the Senior Vice President – Technology & Innovation at Transnational Group, Singapore and also functioned as the Country Director for Transnational Group of Companies in Sri Lanka as a seconded role. Mr. Weerasooriya had served as a Board of Director of many companies in diverse sectors such as Transnational Technology Solutions Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Transnational Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Pronto Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Mountain Hawk Express (Pvt) Ltd. (GSP for FedEx in Sri Lanka), MMBL Money Transfer (Pvt) Ltd. (Principal Agent for Western Union in Sri Lanka), MMBL CyberSkills (Pvt) Ltd. (Licensee for NIIT in Sri Lanka), Hanwella Rubber Products Ltd. and Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT). Mr. Weerasooriya currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Synapsys Limited.
Mr. Weerasooriya is also an Accredited International Mediator of Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI), Sage Mediation, Singapore and IADRC, Sri Lanka.
