Management Team
Kanti Kumar Saha
Chief Executive Officer
Kanti Kumar Saha has recently been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lankan Alliance Finance effective 12/08/2020 taking over from Romesh Elapata on completion of his successful tenure.
Chairman of Lankan Alliance Finance Jowher Rizvi welcomed the new CEO stating, “Lankan Alliance is set now to deliver customized financial solutions and new products under the leadership of new CEO who is bringing in his valuable experience in corporate and investment banking and the best practices from global financial institutions.”
Before joining Lankan Alliance Finance Limited, in his 29 years of the distinguished career, he represented the Board as a Director in the capacity of Managing Director and CEO of NDB Capital Limited, an investment banking arm of National Development Bank PLC of Sri Lanka. Mr. Kumar was the Director and Head of Global Corporate Banking at Citibank N. A. Bangladesh, Senior Relationship Manager in Corporate Banking of Standard Chartered Bank and also served as Deputy Managing Director and Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Prime Bank Limited.
Mr. Kumar holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka. He also holds a Postgraduate Management Degree from Nottingham Trent University, U.K.
Don Wishva Kantha Wickramarachchi
Chief Financial Officer
He is a Fellow member of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He holds a BSc (Economics and Management) degree from University of London (London School of Economics).
He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in business and finance management from The Institute of Chartered Accountants (Sri Lanka) with a merit award and MBA from Harriot Watt University (Edinburgh Business School) in Scotland.
He has also completed Diploma in Taxation from Sri Lanka Institute of Taxation, Diploma in Treasury and Risk Management from Sri Lanka Institute of Bankers. Recently, he also obtained the Fellow membership from the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management (SLICM), only government authorized body in credit management in Sri Lanka.
He counts over 18 years of experience in finance and business management in diversified fields ranging from mass communication, manufacturing, BPO to banking and finance.
Shahanur Rashid
Head of Business
Shahanur Rashid joined Alliance Finance PLC(the then Lankan Alliance Finance Limited) as Head of Business in 2021. Prior to joining Alliance Finance, he served at NDB Capital, IIDFC, City Bank, Ericsson Bangladesh and BRAC Bank respectively in various senior managerial capacities including Chief Operating Officer at NDB Capital and Head of Corporate Division at IIDFC. His area of expertise includes corporate banking, investment banking, risk management and financial administration. Shahanur holds Certified Expert in Risk Management and Master of Business Administration from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management GmbH, Germany and American International University Bangladesh respectively.
MD. Shahidul Islam Mazumder
Head of IT
Mr. Shahidul Islam Mazumder has recently joined Lankan Alliance Finance Limited as the Head of IT. Prior to this role, he worked at United Finance Limited as Chief Service Officer, responsible for IT and IT enabled services. He is a person with more than 20 years of experience in developing and implementing long-term technology solutions for business and industry having successfully managed many projects.
Started his career with multinationals like Standard Chartered Bank and CitiBank N.A., he has practiced technological innovations and developments in various aspects at different levels. He has valuable experience of rolling out of core banking solution in the capacity of Head of IT in a NBFI and successfully launched the service delivery platform safeguarding company assets maintaining the standard safety and security. He was an active member of Y2K implementation project across Middle East and South Asia region in Standard Chartered Bank. He has participated when Standard Chartered Bank launched first ATM in the country. He also worked as a core member of the Grindlays Bank acquisition project by Standard Chartered Bank during the year 2000.
He has visited UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Nepal and India for different integration project carried out by Standard Chartered Bank.
Shahid has graduated from Staffordshire University UK in Computer Studies. He also obtained an EMBA from NIBM, Chennai, India. He is an associate member of Australian Computer Society (ACS).
Iqbal Ahmed
Head of ICC
Mr. Iqbal Ahmed joined Lankan Alliance Finance Limited as Head of Internal Control and Compliance (ICC) in January 2021. Prior to joining LAFL, he worked in various capacities at Citibank, N.A. and BRAC Bank. He started his finance and banking career with Citibank, N.A. and worked in Financial Control, Credit Administration, Cash & Trade Operations and Branch Operations for about 15 years and with BRAC Bank in Risk Management for 3 years. He worked more than 10 years in Citibank, N.A. in internal control functions.
Iqbal did his post-graduation from Jahangirnagar University and Executive MBA from American International University, Bangladesh. He also completed Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Capital Market from BICM and received several professional trainings, especially on Core Banking, Internal Control and Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Customer Services at home and abroad.
He has a strong interest in Fintech activities that include digitization of the financial sector and is actively associated with the Internet Governance Forum under UN supervision. He is a fellow of Bangladesh School of Internet Governance (BDSIG) and Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance.