NDB Investment Bank Strengthens Leadership Team for Market Expansion 📈

• Overall Strategy: NDB Investment Bank (NDBIB) has made three senior appointments to enhance client coverage, distribution capabilities, and geographical expansion, leveraging over five decades of combined expertise. • Key Leadership Appointments: • Kaushini Laksumanage appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Bringing over 25 years of capital market experience, she previously served as COO since 2010 and led the structuring of Sri Lanka’s first-ever Basel III Compliant listed Tier 2 debenture issue. • Eshani Thenuwara appointed as Head of Debt Capital Markets. Having joined in 2007, she has pioneered several market firsts, including social bonds and the country's first Islamic Sukuk structure. • Sujani Perera promoted to Senior Vice President, Corporate Advisory. With over 18 years of investment banking experience, she specializes in IPOs, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), rights issues, and corporate restructurings. • Institutional Context: As the premier institution in Sri Lanka's investment banking & corporate advisory sector with a 25-year history, NDBIB aims to accelerate its growth trajectory and continue driving innovation in the local capital market.