Rajendra Theagarajah is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, and holds a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield School of Business, UK.
A veteran banker, Mr. Theagarajah has had a highly successful career in banking in both the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. Over his 36-year career, he spent the last 16 years as the CEO of three licensed commercial banks in Sri Lanka, making significant contributions towards policy advocacy issues such as the Corporate Governance Framework for Banks, Basel III adoption, and Fair Value Accounting by Banks. During this period, he chaired the Sri Lanka Banks Association, the Asian Banks Association, and the Lanka Financial Services Bureau. He also served on the boards of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors, LankaClear, and the Colombo Stock Exchange, and was Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce from 2017 to 2019.
Currently, Mr. Theagarajah holds the position of Independent Director of Carson Cumberbatch PLC and serves as the Chairman of Orient Finance PLC. In 2022, he received the title “Chairman Emeritus” of the Asian Banks Association for his outstanding contributions. He is a member of the Stakeholders Engagement Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He is also a Senior Visiting Fellow of the Pathfinder Foundation, a leading think tank in Sri Lanka.
