Acuity Partners announce new chairman and 2 new independent directors

Thimal Perera, who presently serves as Director/CEO of DFCC Bank PLC, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Acuity Partners (Private) Limited; a full-service investment bank that is an equally owned joint venture between DFCC Bank and Hatton National Bank. Alongside this, the Board of Acuity Partners welcomed two new Independent Non-Executive Directors, Lalith Withana and Sachith N Perera. These new appointments will help to further strengthen the Board of Acuity Partners, particularly in the areas of Audit and Risk Management.Acuity Partners offers a comprehensive suite of products and services that include Corporate Finance, Equities, Fixed Income Securities, Venture Capital Services and Asset Management.

A distinguished banker and Director/CEO of DFCC Bank PLC, Perera assumed duties as Chairman of Acuity Partners on the 1st of January 2022. Mr. Perera has over two decades of experience in the financial services and banking sector, nationally and internationally. He has also served as the Deputy General Manager of Hatton National Bank, where he guided the retail and SME banking sector. Perera has also worked with HSBC, in Sri Lanka and abroad, the Commercial Bank of Qatar and Barclays Bank PLC in the UAE.

Lalith Withana is a senior and highly respected professional who has held management positions in the corporate sector for over 25 years, including senior management positions in banking, manufacturing and trading. He has worked with many organizations including the Brandix Group, Ernst and Youth, Amsterdam Rotterdam Amro Bank, IBM World Trade Corporation, Carson Cumberbatch, Ceylon Tea Services Limited and Yamaha Corporation USA. He has served as the Group Chief Finance and Administrative Officer for Sri Lankan Airlines and Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lankan Catering.

Sachith N Perera is a respected professional in the banking industry, having served over 26 years at HSBC, 12 of which were in the capacity of Treasurer and Head of Global Markets for HSBC Sri Lanka and the Maldives. In this role, he was responsible for the bank’s forex and rates management, derivatives trading, balance sheet management and custodial services for foreign investors in local equities.