I am an expert in finance, with a wealth of experience emanating from leadership roles in strategy, corporate finance, investments, risk and finance.I count over six years’ experience in the role of Chief Financial Officer / Director Finance at AIA Insurance Lanka Limited. In my current role, I lead the functions of Finance, Actuarial, Business Intelligence and Investments, with oversight responsibility for these areas including Strategy.During the past six years, I led the Finance transformation journey for AIA Sri Lanka by successfully executing projects towards finance digitalisation and the implementation of key systems platforms such as an enterprise-wide ERP/SAP and new Prophet actuarial model. I also led the team to successfully navigate the complexities of key regulatory changes such as the Risk Based Capital solvency regime, the surplus based taxation regime and the move towards adopting the new global insurance accounting standard IFRS 17. The transformation journey continues with business intelligence at the core, and projects in flight for digitalisation, and data and analytics. I have been with AIA Sri Lanka for over 15 years, and have served in the roles of Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Financial Controller and Head Strategy & Planning / Business Manager to the CEO, prior to assuming my current role.I started my career in investments at Sri Lanka’s largest licensed fund manager Eagle NDB Fund Management which is now known as NDB Wealth Management. My association with the capital markets and the fund management industry spans over 17 years, as an analyst, fund manager and Chief Investment Officer, covering both fixed income and equity investment portfolios.I was a member of the Industry Advisory Committee of the Colombo Stock Exchange and served on the Corporate Bond Market Development Task Force of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.My academic and professional exposure encompasses economics, investments, capital markets and finance. I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and hold a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (Sri Lanka) with honours, specialising in international trade.I am passionate about raising awareness and educating individuals and the wider community on ‘personal financial management’, and the need for financial discipline, savings and retirement planning. I regularly conduct sessions on a pure voluntary basis, where I share my learnings and insights of introspection.