Janaka Udamulla

Janaka Udamulla is the co-founder of CL Synergy (Pvt) Ltd, along with Roshan Silva. A veteran in the Finance and Money Markets industry with exposure since 1991, it was only natural for him to take on the role of Director Finance and Administration from the company’s inception. His career saw him commence employment at the Colombo Stock Exchange before moving into stockbroking with First Capital. He progressed through the ranks and was Managing Director of First Capital by 2002, with exposure in setting up Taprobane Holdings, a company engaged in debt restructuring and bond management.

Janaka’s expertise and aptitude to learn new industries meant that he is a natural fit for managing and overseeing the finance and administrative functions of CL Synergy, as well as its sub-companies. He prides himself as playing a supporting role to Roshan’s dynamic business development and expansion plans, providing sound and robust financial and administrative frameworks to support Roshan’s bold new ideas. He has been instrumental in the growth of CL Synergy and its subsidiaries, from a small start-up of less than ten employees to a group of companies with nearly 300 staff members in total.

Janaka believes in straightforward and simplistic integration, utilizing comprehensive and robust control and monitoring mechanisms and ensuring easy compatibility between companies and systems. He is not a fan of overly complex systems that can only be understood by a handful of people. He believes that humans design systems and thus systems should be designed to be easily understood and used by humans to achieve their end goals. Furthermore, he maintains strict compliance and a no-nonsense attitude to adherence with financial and regulatory statutory requirements.