Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka announced that Mr. I G J Palitha (General Manager/CEO) retired from the HDFC Bank of Sri Lanka with effect from 15th November 2022 following a very successful 4-year leadership, transforming the Bank to a diversified commercially focused Bank which has shown a significant growth during his tenure. The Board announced that Mr. A J Atukorala, who is the Chief Operating Officer of the Bank, is to be appointed as Acting General Manager/CEO with effect from 16th November 2022. Mr. Atukorala possesses extensive experience of more than 35 years in all operational aspects of banking and has served in Seylan Bank and People's Bank for 11 years each, before joining HDFC Bank.

He possesses a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Colombo (1983) and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. He also holds the titles of 'Certified Information Systems Auditor' and 'Certified Information Security Manager' of Information Systems Audit & Control Association, USA, and also holds the Diploma in Computer Systems Design awarded by the National Institute of Business Management, Sri Lanka.