Mrs. Shobani  Prathapasinghe joined the People’s Bank in 1990 and has over 27 years of experience.

She is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of  Management  Accountants – UK (ACMA/CGMA) and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants- (FCMA) Sri Lanka. She also holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Western Sydney (Australia) and a Masters Degree in Financial Economic (MAFE) from the University of Colombo.

She has gained wide experience in the areas of SME Project Financing, Management/Financial Accounting, Management Information, Performance Management, Corporate Banking, Commercial Credit and International Banking.

Prior to joining the People’s Bank, she has worked both in the Public and the Private Sectors and has gathered experience mainly in Merchant Banking activities by working in the People’s Merchant Bank and the Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka Ltd.