Central Finance Company PLC announced the retirement of Mr. Eranjith Harindra Wijenaike as Chief Executive Officer 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 - Deputy Managing Director will be appointed as CEO, 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. He oversees the functions of Strategic Planning, Finance, Deposits, Branches, Risk Management and Information Technology operations of the Company. He functioned as a Non-Executive Director of Nations Trust Bank PLC from May 2005 to October 2012 and as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Bank from November 2012 to April 2014 and serves as a Non-Executive Director of Tea Smallholder Factories PLC, Central Industries PLC and several other unquoted companies within the Group.

He also serves as a Council Member of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka. Profile of Mr. E.H. Wijenaike: Mr. E.H. Wijenaike was appointed to the Board of Directors of Central Finance Company PLC as Director (Credit) on 01st April 1983 and functions as the Managing Director/CEO of the Company from 01st April 1996. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, and a Postgraduate 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.