Pradeep Amirthanayagam has been appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the People’s Leasing and Finance from September 12, 2022.
He was appointed to the Board of People’s Leasing & Finance as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the July 15, 2022.
Previously, Amirthanayagam served on the Board of People’s Leasing as the Deputy Chairman from 2015-2019 and briefly as the Chairman in 2019/2020.
He was also a Director of the Lankan Alliance Finance in Bangladesh.
Amirthanayagam is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and an Associate Member of Trinity College of Music, the UK, in Speech and Drama. Amirthanayagam is also a media icon. He was a News Presenter for Rupavahini, ITN, and SLBC media networks. He was also an Interviewer and a Cricket Commentator.
He also had the distinction of having trained at “Bush House”, the Headquarters of BBC in London.
He was the 50th President of the Rotary Club of Colombo West and was awarded the “Rotarian of the Year” in 2012. He is the Vice President of the Society for the Uplift and Rehabilitation of Leprosy Affected Persons (SUROL) and a Director of the Anura Bandaranaike Foundation.
Amirthanayagam was preceded by Sujeewa Rajapakse, and with the appointment of Amirthanayagam as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of People’s Leasing, the Board of Directors of People’s Leasing comprises R. Pathirage, K.C.J.C. Fonseka, A.A. Ahamat, C.J. Wijetillake, U.L.A.W. Bandara, M.C. Pietersz, and R. Kodituwakku.