Colombo City Holdings PLC informed that Mr. Darshan Ravindra (Ravi) Abeysuriya, independent non-executive director was appointed as the chairman of the company with effect from October 20, 2022. Mr. Abeysuriya currently functions as Director/CEO of Senfin Securities Limited and as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Seylan Bank PLC, HNB Assurance PLC, Bio Foods (Pvt) Ltd. and Senfin Asset Management (Pvt) Ltd. and Chairman of Sherwood Capital (Pvt) Limited. He is also a Member of the Disciplinary Review Council (DRC) of the CFA Institute, USA and Advocacy Chair and Board Director of CFA Society Sri Lanka.

Formerly, he was the Head of Strategic Business Development at Hayleys Group, Managing Director of Amba Research Lanka, and Managing Director of Fitch Ratings Lanka. Further, Mr. Abeysuriya is the President of the Association of Alternative Financial Institutions, Sri Lanka, Co-Chair of the sector committee on Finance and Capital of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Council member of Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID). He also functioned as a permanent member of the Financial Sector Reforms Committee (FSRC), a Prime Ministerial Task Force appointment and was twice appointed as a commission member of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC).

He was also a Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd. (SLIC) and was the Chairman of its Investment Committee. Mr. Abeysuriya has also functioned as a member of the Code of Conduct Review Committee (CoCRC) of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) appointed by the Monetary Board and as a member of Board Risk Oversight Committee and Financial System Stability Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and as President of several finance and IT associations. Mr. Abeysuriya is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK, Chartered Global Management Accountant, USA and a Chartered Financial Analyst, USA and has an MBA from Monash University, Australia.

Mr. Abeysuriya was named as "Lifetime Achievement" award laureate by CFA Institute, USA in 2017 for his outstanding work and dedication to the investment management profession.