Mr. Wanigasekara was appointed to the Board of Directors of Richard Pieris Finance Limited on 29th August 2020 and was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors on 8/10/2021.
He counts more than 40 years of extensive experience in the financial services sector out of which 34 years of service had been as a Director and 31 years as a Managing Director/CEO. Prior to being appointed to the board of Richard Pieris Finance Limited, Mr. Wanigasekara held the position of Managing Director/CEO at Abans Finance PLC. He functioned as the Chairman & Managing Director/CEO of Sinhaputhra Finance Ltd. from December 1990 to September 2007. Mr. Wanigasekara held the position of Chairman of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka (FHASL) in 2016/17. He was also the Chairman of the FHASL in the years 1998, 1999 and 2000.
A passed finalist of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – UK, Mr. Wanigasekara holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He has been a member of the Steering Committee on Non-Bank Financial Institutions of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and a past member of the Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Committee appointed by the Ministry of Finance to make recommendations to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Management (CCEM) on the Draft Bill for the setting up of the Financial Asset Management Agency. A Past Council Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management. He served as a member of the Council of Management of the FHASL for more than two decades. Mr. Wanigasekara was also a past Chairman of The Kandy Hotels Co. (1938) Ltd., owners of “Hotel Suisse” and “Queen’s Hotel” from 1994 to 2001 and a member of the PSRE 17 Group of Sri Lankan Entrepreneurs to Japan in 2003 sponsored by The Association of Overseas Technical Scholarships of Japan. Mr. Wanigasekara has been awarded with the following.

Central Provincial Chamber of Commerce- “Silver Award” winner for the most Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Central Province in 2000.
“Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of The Year 2005” Organised by the Federation of Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (FCCSL).
-Extra Large Category – * Central Province – “ Silver Award Winner”
-*National – “ Bronze Award Winner”