LOLC Finance PLC announced that the appointment of Brindley Chrishantha Gajanayake de Zylva as Non independent Non Executive Chairman and Ravindra Dhammika Tissera as Executive Deputy Chairman to the board of directors of the company. Brindley de Zylva is the Chairperson of the Board of LOLC (Cambodia) Plc., (LOLC Cambodia). He is also the Managing Director of LOLC Myanmar Micro-Finance Company Limited. Prior to joining the company, he served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of LOLC Finance Plc, Sri Lanka. He has served the Non-Bank Financial Services Industry (NBFI) in Sri Lanka for a period of over 3o years in both Licensed Finance Companies and Specialised Leasing Companies holding Board & General Management positions prior to taking over as the Chairperson of LOLC Cambodia. He has a wide range of expertise and experience in the NBFI sector; covering Marketing & Sales, Credit & Recovery Management, and Finance. Mr. de Zylva, a Fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management served as its Honorary Secretary for a period of 5 years between 2010 & 2015. He also served as a Member of the Council of Management of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka for nine years four of which as a Vice Chairman. He also served as a Director of the Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Limited. These positions were relinquished in 2015 to take over an overseas assignment for the LOLC Group in Myanmar & Cambodia. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Navajeevana Rehabilitation Tangalle, a Non-Governmental Organisation in Sri Lanka serving the disabled. Mr. Ravi Tissera joined the LOLC Group in 1993 and is a Development Finance Specialist. Mr. Tissera Is the founder CEO of LOLC Micro Credit Ltd. (LOMC) Sri Lanka's largest microfinance provider. LOMC was amalgamated with LOLC Finance Plc (LOAN) on 29th March 2.018 to create Sri Lanka's largest Non Bank Financial Institution where he will continue to serve on the board. He also serves on the boards of LOLC Cambodia PLC, LOLC Myanmar Microfinance Ltd, Pak Oman Microfinance Bank Pakistan and BRAC Lanka Finance Plc. Mr. Tissera has obtained his Post Graduate in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK. He has also followed strategic leadership training at Harvard Business School. During his tenure as CEO, LOMC became the only microfinance provider in Sri Lanka to receive the certification for the Client Protection Principals from the SMART Campaign USA and also became a case study at I NSEAD Business School.