Mr. Channa de Silva currently holds the position of Chairman at Sarvodaya Development Finance PLC, a role he has held since October 2016. Additionally, Mr. de Silva serves as the Vice President of the Sarvodaya Movement of Sri Lanka. He also serves as the Chairman of Echelon Media.
He has previously served in the government sector as the Director General/CEO of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Executive Director of the Board of Investments (BOI) Sri Lanka. Additionally, he has held positions including that of Managing Director of Summit Finance PLC, Director of Pan Asia Bank PLC, and Group Managing Director of Delmege Group Limited. He is the Founder Chairman of Capital Media, publisher of Echelon business magazine and business news portal, EconomyNext and Neon Media. Moreover, he served as Group Managing Director of LR Global Lanka Asset Management, part of a New York based Private Equity firm in Sri Lanka. He has expert domain knowledge in regulating capital markets, private equity and venture capital, and facilitating foreign direct investments to Sri Lanka.
Mr. de Silva is a graduate of the University of Colombo and holds Masters degrees from Harvard University and the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA – UK) and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA – UK).
He also serves as a Governing Council Member of the University of Colombo and as a board member of the University Investment Committee and Finance Committee. Further, he holds positions as a faculty board member in several faculties and Institutions of the University of Colombo. Furthermore, he is a Sri Lankan council member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI- UK). He is an Edward Mason Fellow of Harvard University and has previously served as a Teaching Fellow in Public Finance at the Harvard Kennedy School.
