Mr. Anura Perera currently serves as the Deputy General Manager– Risk Management of the People’s Bank – Sri Lanka. His professional career started in 1991 and has gained extensive exposure and experience in Branch Banking, Regional Administration, Treasury Operations, Risk Management, and Credit Control.

Mr. Perera holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree from the University of Kelaniya-Sri Lanka and a Master of Business Studies from the University of Colombo-Sri Lanka. Professionally, he possesses the ACI-Operations Certificate with a distinction pass to his credit along with the ACI on-line FX Global Code Certificate from the Financial Markets Association-Paris, and he is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

He has participated number of local and overseas training programs, seminars and workshops relevant to the subject areas of leadership development, risk management, treasury operations and credit management. In 2024, Mr. Perera successfully completed the leadership development programme conducted by National University of Singapore.

Furthermore, Mr. Anura Perera at present serves as a Director of People’s Leasing & Finance PLC – Sri Lanka and the Chaiman of the People’s Leasing Fleet Management Ltd – Sri Lanka. He possesses memberships with the Association of Banking Sector Risk Professionals of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Forex Association and the Association of Professional Bankers-Sri Lanka.