Citizens Development Business Finance PLC

COSE:CDB.N0000 Stock Report

Market Cap: LK₨25.7b

Citizens Development Business Finance Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Citizens Development Business Finance's CEO is Weligama Palliyaguruge Claud Nanayakkara, appointed in Jan 2004, has a tenure of 22.08 years. directly owns 3.2% of the company’s shares, worth LKR823.11M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.1 years and 6.4 years respectively.

Key information

Weligama Palliyaguruge Claud Nanayakkara

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenure22.1yrs
CEO ownership3.2%
Management average tenure2.1yrs
Board average tenure6.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Weligama Palliyaguruge Claud Nanayakkara (56 yo)

22.1yrs
Tenure

Mr. Weligama Palliyaguruge Claud Mahesh Nanayakkara, B.Sc. (Mgt.), FCMA (UK), MBA (Sri J), CGMA, has been the Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Development Business Finance Plc since 2004 and has been it...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Weligama Palliyaguruge Claud Nanayakkara
MD, CEO & Executive Director22.1yrsno data3.2%
LKR 823.1m
Ruwan Chandrajith
Chief Financial Officerno datano datano data
Dave De Silva
Executive Director of Business Operations & Executive Directorno datano data0.33%
LKR 85.5m
Roshan Abeygoonewardena
Executive Director of Corporate Finance & Executive Directorno datano data1.18%
LKR 303.6m
Senaka Attygalle
Chief Information Officerno datano datano data
Tharinda Amerasinghe
Deputy General Manager of Compliance2.1yrsno datano data
Laavanya Paheerathan
Company Secretary & Head of Legalno datano datano data
Hasitha Dassanayake
Chief Sales & Digital Business Officer2.1yrsno data0.42%
LKR 107.3m
Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Damith Tennakoon
Deputy CEO & Executive Director14.8yrsno data2.16%
LKR 554.7m
Sudath Fernando
General Manager of Credit & Leasingno datano datano data
Sasindra Munasinghe
Executive Director of Sales & Business Development and Executive Director2.1yrsno data2.03%
LKR 521.7m
Nayanthi Kodagoda
Chief Support Services Officerno datano data0.80%
LKR 205.8m
2.1yrs
Average Tenure
55yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: CDB.N0000's management team is considered experienced (2.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Weligama Palliyaguruge Claud Nanayakkara
MD, CEO & Executive Director21yrsno data3.2%
LKR 823.1m
Dave De Silva
Executive Director of Business Operations & Executive Director14.1yrsno data0.33%
LKR 85.5m
Roshan Abeygoonewardena
Executive Director of Corporate Finance & Executive Director14.8yrsno data1.18%
LKR 303.6m
Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Damith Tennakoon
Deputy CEO & Executive Director14.8yrsno data2.16%
LKR 554.7m
Sasindra Munasinghe
Executive Director of Sales & Business Development and Executive Director14.8yrsno data2.03%
LKR 521.7m
Jayomi Lokuliyana
Independent Non-Executive Director1.8yrsno datano data
Jagath Abhayaratne
Non-Executive Director6.1yrsno datano data
Sujeewa Kumarapperuma
Independent Non-Executive Director5.3yrsno datano data
Joseph Corera
Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board6.8yrsno data0.046%
LKR 11.8m
Pandithasudara Rajitha Perera
Independent Non-Executive Director5.5yrsno datano data
Elabadagama Ralalage Samitha Sudheera Hemachandra
Non-Executive Director5.2yrsno datano data
Prasadani Naganika Gamage
Independent Non-Executive Director5.1yrsno datano data
6.4yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: CDB.N0000's board of directors are considered experienced (6.4 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/17 23:42
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/17 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Citizens Development Business Finance PLC is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Dimantha MathewFirst Capital Holdings PLC