Mr. Manilka Fernando is a banking and finance professional who has over 40 years of experience, working in financial institutions and other organizations in Sri Lanka and overseas.  He has an MBA degree from the University of Georgia, USA. He is also a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Certified Management Accountants of Australia. He has completed executive development programs at Harvard University and INSEAD.

He is currently the Chairman of Ceybank Asset Management Ltd. and has held Non-Executive Director positions at several organizations including Bank of Ceylon, Laugfs Group, Pership Group, Softlogic Group, and other organizations.

He has held senior management positions in the financial services sector at Citibank, NDB Bank, Mashreq Bank (Dubai, UAE) and Al Rajhi Bank (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). In addition, he has carried out management consulting/advisory projects at a range of organizations. He has been a lecturer in strategic management and finance at the University of Colombo, Institute of Chartered Accountants, and other institutions.