Top banker Cabraal joins Sampath Bank board

Hiran Cabraal, a veteran international banker and risk management consultant has joined the board of Sampath Bank PLS as a Non-Executive, Independent Director with effect from June 30.

With a rich and diverse experience and a proven 34-year international track record in leadership roles, Mr. Cabraal brings with him a wealth of strategic risk management experience in the global banking and financial services industries, the bank said in a media release.

After graduating from the University of Maryland with a BSc in Agricultural and Resource Economics in 1988, Mr. Cabraal began his career as a retail banking, operations and human resources executive at HSBC Sri Lanka and then served as the Head of Treasury and Capital Markets at HSBC Sri Lanka in 1996. He then moved to many international positions in the same bank, serving in Indonesia, Singapore and Bangalore. He is presently a Senior Banking Advisor/ Contractor at PwC Consulting (Vietnam) Ltd and the Founder and Managing Director of HSVC (Vietnam) Co Ltd.