Cooray joins HNB

Ms Rose Cooray, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka joins the board of Hatton National Bank PLC

Rose Cooray

The board of Hatton National Bank PLC has appointed Rose Cooray as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from February 15, according to a press release issued by the Bank.
Ms Cooray had a distinguished career of over 35 years with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Finance and served as the secretary to the Monetary Board of Sri Lanka prior to her retirement in May 2009.
From 1999 – 2004, she served as the director general – fiscal policy and economic affairs department of the Ministry of Finance, on release from the Central Bank. During that period, she served on the boards of DFCC Bank, Ceylon Electricity Board, Sri Lanka Export Development Board, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd., De La Rue Lanka Currency and Security Print (Pvt) Ltd. and Tariff Advisory Council representing the Government of Sri Lanka.
She was the Vice Chairperson of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka from 2005 – 2009.
Cooray holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons) – Economics (Second Class Upper Division) from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and a Masters Degree from the University of Strathclyde, UK. She is also a Certified Trainer on Micro Finance.