Gihan R.Cooray | Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Gihan R. Cooray joined NDBS in 2003. He holds a Masters degree in Finance (UK) and has also attended the Executive Leadership program conducted by the Harvard Business School. He commenced his career as a Research Analyst with First Capital DSA Securities and counts for over 18 years' experience in Capital market services industry. He is specialized to provide investment advisory services to foreign and local high net worth, corporate and institutional clients. He has been the lead advisor for a majority of significant transactions for NDBS. Mr. Cooray has been holding senior management positions for over 9 years in the company and functions as a key member of the leadership team. Prior to this, he held the position of Chief Marketing Officer of NDBS.

Surangi Widanaarachchi | Vice President - Finance and Operations

Ms. Surangi Widanaarachchi joined NDBS in 2003 and presently oversees the finance and operations functions of the Company. She holds a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura and is a CBA of ICASL. She has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and finance.

Jayantha Samarasinghe | Senior Vice President - Advisory

Mr. Jayantha Samarasinghe - Senior Vice President - Advisory. He joined in 1994 and has been in the stockbroking and investment advisory field for the past 29 years. He has been instrumental in handling significant merger and acquisition transactions for the company. He is experienced in handling investment advisory services to foreign and local high net worth & institutional clients.

Aroos Faleel | Assistant Vice President - Sales

Mr. Aroos Faleel is currently the Assistant Vice President of Sales. He is in charge of branch operations and the retail team. He was instrumental in successfully setting up the branch network. He joined NDBS in 2000 as a Research Assistant and has been in the stock broking and investment advisory field for the past 21 years.

Imran Reyal | Vice President - Advisory and Head of Private Clients

Mr. Imran Reyal joined NDBS in 2014. He is currently the Vice President - Advisory and Head of Private Clients. He has over 13 years of experience in the stock brokering industry. He is specialized in providing investment advisory services to high-net-worth and corporate clients. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Napier University, UK. He also has completed a Banking and Finance qualification from the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL), of which he is an associate member.

Nalin Wickramatilleke | Assistant Vice President - Information Technology

Mr. Nalin Wickramatilleke joined NDBS in 2009, and currently functions as the Head of IT. He counts for over 22 years of experience in the field of information technology related to Stock Broking, Leasing, Shipping, Garment Manufacturing and several other industries. He holds the associate member state of the Australian Computer Society.

Nikita Tissera | Vice President - Research

Nikita Joined NDBS in 2023 as VP Research heading the research unit. He had been an analyst of both debt and equity in SL capital markets for over 15 years. Nikita is graduate in Economics and Management degree from the London School of Economics.