Rohini Nanayakkara is a retired bank executive from

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Biography

Nanayakkara grew up in a family of seven children. She studied economics at the

University of Ceylon The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Univer ...

Peradeniya Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය, translit=Pēradeniya; ta, பேராதனை, translit=Pērātaṉai) is a suburb of the city of Kandy, about 30,000 inhabitants in Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 main road, just a few kilom ...

, graduating in 1959. She joined the

Bank of Ceylon Bank of Ceylon (BOC; Sinhala: ලංකා බැංකුව ''Lanka Bænkuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை வங்கி ''Ilangai Vangi'') is a state-owned, major commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Its head office is located in an iconic cyl ...

in 1959 as a staff assistant. In 1988, she became the bank's general manager and chief executive. She held this position until her retirement in 1996. After retiring, she helped establish

Seylan Bank Seylan Bank PLC ( si, සෙලාන් බැංකුව, ''Selan Bænkuwa'') is a publicly owned Commercial Bank in Sri Lanka. It has branches both in urban as well as rural areas of Sri Lanka. Seylan bank had 167 banking centres island wide ...

, and was appointed general manager of the Ministry of Finance's Private Sector Infrastructure Development Company. In 2005, she was appointed a member of the government's Task Force to Rebuild the Nation. She has served as chair of Lanka Orix Leasing Company (LOLC) and Browns Group. Nanayakkara has served as chairperson of the Sri Lanka Bankers Association and chairperson of the Association of Professional Bankers – Sri Lanka. In 2011, Nanayakkara published her memoirs, titled ''What Glass Ceiling? The'' ''Memoirs of Rohini Nanayakkara.''

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