W. M. R. S. Dias

Mr W M R S Dias was appointed to the Board of Seylan Bank PLC on 29th May 2015 as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed as its Chairman on 9th May 2016.

He is a Senior Banker with years of banking experience and was lastly serving as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC. Mr Dias has served on the Boards of Commercial Development Company PLC, Commercial Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Clear (Pvt) Limited, Lanka Financial Services Bureau Limited and was a Council Member of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon.

Mr Dias presently serves on the boards of several corporates and is the co-chair of the National Agenda Committee on Finance and Capital of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. He is also a Trustee of the Seylan Bank Employees’ Gratuity Trust Fund.