Mr. Lakshman Silva started his professional career with the Department of Inland Revenue of Sri Lanka and joined the DFCC Banking Group in 1987. He was seconded to the service of DFCC Vardhana Bank in 2003 and functioned as the Chief Operating Officer until appointment as the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director in January 2010. He held the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer/Director of DFCC Bank PLC from October 2015 and was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer/Director in August 2017. Until his retirement in December 2021, he held the position of Chairman of DFCC Consulting (Pvt) Limited, Lanka Industrial Estates Limited and Synapsys Limited, subsidiary companies of DFCC Bank PLC, and the Chairman of Lanka Financial Services Bureau Limited as well as Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (Guarantee) Limited.
Also, he held the position of Chairman / Director of Acuity Partners (Pvt) Limited, the joint venture company of DFCC Bank PLC, Lanka Ventures Limited and LVL Energy Fund PLC. He was also a director at Lanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd until 31/12/ 2021. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP), and Board of Management of the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority. At present, he serves as Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director at LankaPay (Pvt) Ltd, Independent Non-Executive Director at Seylan Bank PLC , Independent Non-Executive Director at Finetech Consultancy Pvt Ltd and Independent Non-Executive Director at HNB Assurance PLC whilst serving as Chairman & Director of Panasian Power PLC & it’s subsidiary companies. He also serves as a member of the Stakeholder Engagement Committee of Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He holds a BCom 2nd class upper degree (Sp.) from the University of Kelaniya and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of University of Sri Jayawardenapura. He is an Associate Member of the Association of Development Financial Institutions of Asia & Pacific ( ADFIAP).