Mr Y A Jayathilaka – Director

Mr Jayathilaka was appointed to the Board of Property Development Limited on 15 May 2020.

Mr Jayathilaka currently serves as the Deputy General Manager (Product & Banking Development), Bank of Ceylon (BOC). Since April 2015, he has held several key positions of the Bank as Assistant General Manager (Product Development & Business Process Re-Engineering), Assistant General Manager (Central Province), Assistant General Manager (Province Sales Management), Deputy General Manager (Support Services) and Deputy General Manager (Recovery Provinces).

He has gathered vast experience in Retail Banking, Treasury & Overseas Operations, Project Management, Product Development and Province Operations. He has been involved in implementation of major IT Projects of BOC and BOC UK Ltd. Further, he has over 10 years’ experience in Treasury Operations at BOC Head Office and BOC UK Ltd.

Amongst his significant contributions to the Bank and the banking industry of the country were introducing Mobile Branches (Branch on Wheels), Digital Branches (BOC DIGI), Smart Passbook, Smart FD, e-statements, e-learning, self-banking kiosk, Cheque deposit kiosk etc.

Mr Jayathilaka is a Graduate in B.Sc. (Business Administration) Special, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, holds a Diploma in Banking & Finance, Associate of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and completed the Advanced Course in Strategic Management at Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Mr Jayathilaka is a Director of Grand Oriental Hotel and was also appointed as a Director of Koladeniya Hydropower (Pvt) Ltd with effect from 21 December 2020.