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Divanke Fernando, CFA

Divanke Fernando, CFA

Finance executive - Aitken Spence Hotel Management -Overseas Finance division

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief Financial Officer at EFL Global

  • Education

    • CFA Institute

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      Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder

    • The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

      2005 - 2007
      ACMA, CGMA

    • University of Wales

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      BSc. (Hons) in Business Management Business Management - Specialised in Finance and Marketing First Class(Hons)

    • St. Peter's College

      -

    • CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing

      2008 - 2009
      CIM Passed Finalist. DipM, ACIM Marketing

    • University of West London

      2017 - 2018
      Master of Business Administration - MBA

  • Experience

    • Aitken Spence

      Nov 2009 - Mar 2010
      Finance executive - Aitken Spence Hotel Management -Overseas Finance division

      Short Stint - Reporting to the AVP- Finance and Administration worked in areas including Budgeting, Variance analysis, Management accounting, reviewing SOPs for internal audit purposes and financial accounting

    • John Keells Holdings PLC

      Apr 2010 - Jun 2014

      Seconded from JKH PLC- Finance Business Partner of the Frozen confectionery category & New business evaluations of CCS • M&A Due Dilligence & Feasibility studies• Budgeting & Management Accounting• Sustainability champion for CCS • Finance Business partnering for Logistics, Production and Marketing divisions• Transport optimisation initiative- operational research • Conceptualising SAP BI reports with the centre IT team • Annual report and External reporting• Winning team member- Runner up CIMA Business Case Awards Show less

      • Assistant Manager (F&B Manufacturing Sector) - Management Accounting

        Jul 2011 - Jun 2014

      • Management Trainee

        Apr 2010 - Jun 2011

    • Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd

      Jul 2014 - Mar 2018
      Manager - Strategic Finance

      • Handling all Financial planning, Board reporting; and Budgeting of the Group. Overlooking periodical reviews• Liaising with financiers- Quarterly Bank reviews, Developing and presenting long-range financial projections, financial covenant monitoring. Involved in all debt offerings; engaging financiers/banks, negotiating and finalizing Loan terms.• Cashflow planning- Building a detailed (18 SBUs) Granular Equity Financial model• Overlooking all valuation exercises of the group - Also was involved in the Group's largest property disposal worth $120 Mn- I was responsible for the valuation of all properties, engagement of valuers and the negotiation of fees.• Contributing to the investor relations function• Balance sheet restructuring of subsidiaries• Derivative based risk tool evaluation- Interest Rate Swaps, Cross Currency Swaps, CPO Prepaid Swaps and evaluation of Interest Rate Arbitrage. Show less

    • Expolanka Holdings

      Mar 2018 - Apr 2021
      Senior Manager - Finance

    • EFL

      Apr 2021 - now
      Chief Financial Officer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder

      CFA Institute
      Jan 2016

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Advertising & Branding: Chair

      Issued by CFA Society Sri Lanka on Nov 2020
      CFA Society Sri LankaAssociated with Divanke Fernando, CFA

    • Joint Treasurer

      Issued by Rotaract Club of Colombo Regent on Sept 2017
      Rotaract Club of Colombo RegentAssociated with Divanke Fernando, CFA