First Capital Holdings PLC announced the appointment of Manjula Mathews as Deputy Chairperson to its board and the promotion of current Director/CEO Dilshan Wirasekara to Managing Director/CEO. Mathews, a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and an alumnus of the University of Cambridge (UK), counts over three decades of experience in finance, marketing and general management, both in Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. She formerly served as First Capital's Managing Director (2007-2014) and subsequently assumed duties as the group's Executive Chairperson (2014-2017). She is currently a Director of Janashakthi Limited, the parent company of the listed entities First Capital Holdings PLC, Janashakthi Insurance PLC, Orient Finance PLC and others.
Earlier 2022, Mathews was appointed to the board of Habitat for Humanity International and is currently
Board Chair of Habitat for Humanity, Sri Lanka. She also serves as a Custodian of the Alzheimer's Association
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Sri Lanka. Wirasekara, who has been with First Capital since 2013, is an experienced investment banker, with a
career spanning over 27 years, comprising diversified expertise in financial services, including banking,
treasury and investment management, capital market strategy and corporate finance advisory services. He is an
alumnus of INSEAD having successfully completed his Executive Professional Education at INSEAD Business School
in Fontainebleau, France and an alumnus of AOTS, Tokyo, Japan. Wirasekara assumed duties as Chairman of the
Colombo Stock Exchange in June 2022. The appointments follow the untimely passing of Dinesh Schaffter, who
served as First Capital's Managing Director since 2014.
With the latest changes, the board of directors of First Capital Holdings PLC comprises Nishan Fernando
(Chairman), Manjula Mathews (Deputy Chairperson), Dilshan Wirasekara (Managing Director/CEO), Ramesh Schaffter,
Minette Perera, Chandana de Silva and Dr. Nishan de Mel.