Central Finance Company PLC announced the retirement of Mr. Eranjith Harindra Wijenaike as Managing director/executive director with effect from June 30, 2024. Mr. Eranjith Wijenaike was appointed to the board of directors of Central Finance Company PLC as director (credit) on April 1, 1983 and functions as the managing director/CEO of the company from April 1, 1996. He holds a bachelor degree in commerce and a PG diploma in banking and financial management.

He functions as a non executive director of Tea smallholder Factories PLC, Central Industries PLC, non executive chairman of Equity Two PLC, Equity One Ltd. and served as a founder director of Nations Trust Bank PLC from January 1999 to October 2008 and as the Deputy Chairman of the bank from November 2008 to December 2011. Mr. Arjuna Kapila Gunaratne will be appointed as Managing director/executive director, with effect from July 1, 2024. Mr. Arjuna Kapila Gunaratne a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK was appointed to the board of directors of central finance company PLC as director/deputy CEO with effect from July 1, 2020.

prior to his appointment to the board of directors of the company February 2002, he has worked with Ernst and Young for over 10 years and chief financial officer of Union bank of Ceylon PLC.