About Us

Dr Indrajith Coomaraswamy has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics and Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Sussex.

Dr Coomaraswamy is the former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He was a member of the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from 2013 - 2015 and an Advisor to the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade from 2015-2016. Prior to this, Dr Coomaraswamy held several senior level positions at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. He joined the Commonwealth Secretariat in 1990 as Chief Officer - Economics in the International Finance and Markets Section and progressed to become the Director of the Economics Affairs Division and Deputy Director, Secretary General's office before leaving in 2008. He was a Non-Executive Independent Director of John Keells Holdings Plc and currently serves as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Tokyo Cement Plc and Dialog Axiata Group.

Sanjay Kulatunga has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

Kulatunga was a Founder Director of Amba Research Lanka, a knowledge process outsourcing company that provided investment research and analytics support services to the global capital markets industry. He has sat on the boards of several listed and unlisted organisations involved in logistics, retail, property development and hospitality as Non-Executive Director. He is currently an Independent Director of Expolanka PLC, a global diversified conglomerate rooted in Sri Lanka. Kulatunga has served as President of the CFA Society of Sri Lanka, a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, Financial Sector Stability Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and as a Member of the Board of Investment. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Geoffrey Bawa Trust and is the Honorary Consul General for Sweden Sri Lanka.

Naveen Gunawardane has a Bachelor of Science in Physics, a Master of Science in Physics and a Doctor of Philosophy in Particle Physics from Imperial College London.

Naveen was previously a Director and Head of Quantitative Services at Amba Research Lanka, an independent financial services knowledge process outsourcing firm, where he was responsible for developing quantitative investment and trading strategies for Amba’s clients.

Gunawardane began his career in finance at Goldman Sachs London, as a member of its risk management team. He has also lectured at the Mathematics Department of the University of Colombo.

Kemal de Soysa has a Master of Arts in Natural Sciences, and a Doctor of Philosophy in History of Science from the University of Cambridge.

De Soysa is the former Director and Country Head of Amba Research Lanka, the largest independent capital markets specialist outsourcing firm that serviced a majority of the top 15 buy-side and sell-side firms. He managed the Sri Lanka based operation and was a member of the Group Executive Committee.

During his decade long career at Amba, he served in various capacities in the equity research domain, including as Head of Equity Research Delivery at Amba Research India and Vice President at Amba Research Costa Rica. De Soysa is the Executive Director of International Distillers Limited, a family owned company with interests in the beverage industry.

Zaffar Jeevunjee is a CFA Charterholder. He has a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Minor in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Jeevunjee sits on the Boards of unlisted companies in a diverse array of industries, ranging from livestock and plantations, to construction and power, to packaging. He is a former Senior Vice President of Amba Research Lanka, a leading provider of offshore research and analytics services to the global financial and corporate sectors and oversaw all buy-side research out of the organisation. Jeevunjee began his career at Credit Suisse First Boston as a Structured Products Analyst.

Shamindra Perera has a MA in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is one of the first two CFA Charterholders from Sri Lanka.

Perera is the Founder of Excubed, a UK based fintech startup that is currently developing a technology-driven business solution to level the playing field in pension fund investment in the UK. He was previously Managing Director of Russell Investments (UK), responsible for overseeing its institutional business comprising assets worth USD30 billion. During his two-decade long career at Russell he has worked in research, portfolio management, asset allocation, investment strategy design and business leadership out of its Sydney, Singapore and London offices. Perera’s experience spans advice and fund management for Pension funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Family offices and intermediaries including Private Banks in UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia

Ramali Perera is a CFA Charterholder and has a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Nottingham and a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from University College London.

Perera is the former Product Head – Financial Institutions Research at Frontier Research, an independent research firm that provides macroeconomic, equity and sector specific research. She previously worked as Assistant Vice President – Banks and Nonbank Financial Institutions at Fitch Ratings Lanka, the Sri Lankan arm of the global leader in credit ratings and research; in the research team of the Institute of Policy Studies, the apex economic policy research institute in Sri Lanka; as a Consultant for the Centre for Poverty Analysis, supporting them in monitoring the impact of policy influence projects in South Asia; and as a Management Associate at Citi National Investment Bank, Sri Lanka.

Asanka has a Master of Science in Financial Economics from the University of Essex, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Colombo and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of London.

Herath previously worked at Amba Research Lanka, a financial research services outsourcing company that is now the Sri Lankan arm of Moody’s Analytics, as Vice President – Equity Research, managing equity research analysts working across multiple sectors including retail, telecommunications and real estate in North America, Europe and Asia. He was a consultant on valuation, report writing and financial modelling for various initiatives within the organisation and was responsible for executing new projects for a bulge bracket investment bank. He was part of the company’s investment analysts training panel, conducting training sessions for analysts in Colombo’s capital market space as well as for those at Amba Research.

Chanaka Wickramasuriya graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BSc in Electrical Engineering from The Rutgers College of Engineering and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Chanaka has a long track record in Private Equity.

He was a Joint Managing Partner of Ironwood Capital Partners from 2014 to 2019 and a Partner with Aureos Capital from 2000-2006 and 2009-2011. At Aureos Capital, he oversaw the development and functioning of the overall Global Portfolio Management process. During this time, he was also seconded to the Aureos’ China office and oversaw portfolio management and investment in 4 transactions. At Aureos’ Colombo office he worked on investment transactions, exits, and sat as a Board Representative for 10 transactions in Sri Lanka. From 2006 to 2009 he functioned as Country Head of Fitch Ratings in Colombo. Chanaka is currently the Chief of Party for the USAID Sri Lanka Energy Program.

Rashmika has a BSc (Hons) in Business Administration from the University of Bath and is a CFA Charterholder and an active member of the Sri Lanka chapter.

Rashmika has over a decade of experience covering private equity, investment advisory and investment research with LYNEAR Wealth Management, Ironwood Capital Partners and Acuity Knowledge Partners. Prior to joining LYNEAR Wealth, Rashmika was a Vice President at Ironwood Capital Partners, a Sri Lanka focused Private Equity fund. During his tenure, he played a key role in sourcing and evaluating investment transactions and served as a Board Member in portfolio companies. He also worked with Promoters and Management Teams of portfolio companies to develop and execute long term growth strategies.

He is a former Associate Vice President of Acuity Knowledge Partners, a leading provider of offshore research and analytics services, where he supported a US-based fund manager at one of the world’s leading mutual funds. Rashmika began his career at HSBC and DFCC Bank as a member of the risk management team.