Mr. Saman Kumar Kalansuriya holds the position of Independent Non-Executive Director at Richard Pieris Finance Limited. Mr. Kalansuriya is a distinguished senior banking professional with over 30 years of experience across accounting, taxation, financial modeling, and retail banking. His visionary leadership and strategic insights have consistently driven organizational success and innovation in the financial services sector.

Most recently, from June 2019 to June 2020, Mr. Kalansuriya served as the Managing Director/CEO of Maldives Finance and Leasing Company (MFLC) in the Republic of Maldives. During his tenure, he spearheaded the introduction of innovative financial products and implemented a robust Asset and Liability Management (ALM) framework. His tenure saw significant improvements in Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and an enhancement in shareholder value.

Prior to his role at MFLC, Mr. Kalansuriya held the position of Head of Retail Lending at the Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (CBC), Sri Lanka’s largest private bank. His expertise in portfolio management played a pivotal role in overseeing and expanding the bank’s extensive retail lending operations. Among his key contributions were the introduction of cutting-edge leasing products, such as foreign currency leases, floating rate leases, uneven payment plans, and back-to-back funding mechanisms for leasing companies. Mr. Kalansuriya was instrumental in extending CBC’s Core Banking System to integrate leasing and domestic factoring services, and was a driving force behind the introduction of finance leasing operations in Bangladesh.

Mr. Kalansuriya’s career began in 1987 as an Audit Supervisor at Kreston MNS & Co., Chartered Accountants, where he gained broad experience in auditing sectors like banking, manufacturing, trading, and estate management, as well as corporate and individual taxation.

A recognized authority in the finance leasing industry, Mr. Kalansuriya has served as President of the Leasing Council of Bankers of Sri Lanka (LCBSL), and has been an active Board Member and Technical Committee Member of the Leasing Association of Sri Lanka (LASL). His deep expertise also made him a key Resource Person at the Centre for Banking Studies of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, where he has shared his knowledge on pricing and structuring finance leases.

Mr. Kalansuriya holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, along with professional certifications from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Sri Lanka, and has completed specialized training programs at prestigious institutions such as HIDA Tokyo, Japan, and ISB, Hyderabad, India.