Tamara Dharmakirti-Herath

Mrs.Dharmakirti-Herath has over 39 years of experience in the financial services sector and has made significant contributions to the industry and was involved in setting up two Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFI) in the country. In her long professional career she has been in senior management positions in a few of the premier NBFI’s and as a consultant providing technical skill and knowledge to NBFI’s and banks engaged in Leasing and Factoring. She has vast knowledge and experience in multiple aspects of the finance industry. She has facilitated knowledge and skill development to young leasing professionals in Sri Lanka (pro-bono) and advocates for best practices and gender equality in the management of the NBFI sector. Additionally, having represented the country in two team sports she went on to be involved in sports administration at national and international level. She has served as a director of an international sport federation and president of a regional and national sports federation and as a member of the National Sports Council and National Selection Committee for Olympics, Chairperson of the Women and Sports Committee NOC Sri Lanka, and in other positions of repute.