Mr. Wijekoon counts over 40 years of experience in the financial sector and the current Chairman of Richard Pieris Finance Limited. He was the Chairman of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka (FHA) from 2013/14 to 2014/15. He also served as a Board Member of the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2017 and was the CEO of Softlogic Finance PLC from 2013 to 2020 and CEO of Peoples Merchant Finance PLC from 2020 to 2022.

He commenced his career at People’s Bank as a Finance Officer in 1978 before joining KPMG Ford, Rhodes, Thornton & Co., as a Branch Manager in 1990. Thereafter, he joined DFCC Bank in 1992 as a Project Officer prior to joining Vanik Incorporation Ltd. as the Asst. Vice President – Finance and where he resigned as Senior Vice President in 2003. He has undergone numerous training programs in Sri Lanka and overseas, including at the Harvard University, Boston, USA.

Mr. Wijekoon is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accounts, UK, Fellow of Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management and a Finalist of the Institute of Bankers (Sri Lanka).