{"id":2796,"date":"2025-10-08T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siyapatha.lk\/?post_type=board_of_directors&#038;p=2796"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:11:09","slug":"mr-deepthi-prasad-lokuarachchi","status":"publish","type":"board_of_directors","link":"https:\/\/www.siyapatha.lk\/ta\/board-of-directors\/mr-deepthi-prasad-lokuarachchi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Deepthi Lokuarachchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Deepthi Lokuarachchi is\u00a0a\u00a0distinguished\u00a0corporate\u00a0leader with\u00a0over three\u00a0decades\u00a0of experience\u00a0specializing\u00a0in\u00a0the Insurance\u00a0and\u00a0Healthcare sectors. \u00a0He retired from\u00a0Executive\u00a0Corporate Leadership\u00a0roles\u00a0in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appointed to the Board<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Appointments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lokuarachchi is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Allianz Insurance Lanka Ltd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Former Appointments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His last role prior to\u00a0retirement was as\u00a0the Group\u00a0CEO\u00a0of Lanka\u00a0Hospitals\u00a0Corporation\u00a0PLC.\u00a0\u00a0Lanka\u00a0Hospitals\u00a0was ranked as the best performing hospital among six listed\u00a0hospital\u00a0companies\u00a0in\u00a0Sri\u00a0Lanka\u00a0for the year\u00a02023\/2024 by KSeeds\u00a0Investment\u00a0Ltd.\u00a0He was also awarded the Best\u00a0Healthcare\u00a0CEO, Sri\u00a0Lanka\u00a0in\u00a02022, for the transformative journey initiated under his leadership at Lanka Hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Prior\u00a0to\u00a0Lanka\u00a0Hospitals,\u00a0Mr. Lokuarachchi also\u00a0held\u00a0leadership\u00a0roles\u00a0in\u00a0HNB\u00a0Assurance\u00a0PLC\u00a0(MD\/\u00a0CEO),\u00a0Govt.\u00a0Sector\u00a0Insurer\u00a0Sri\u00a0Lanka\u00a0Insurance\u00a0Corporation\u00a0Ltd\u00a0(CEO),\u00a0and AIG\u00a0Sri\u00a0Lanka\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Maldives, where he served as Assistant Managing Director and Local Head of operations of this renowned multinational conglomerate owned by the US-based AIG Inc. Mr. Lokuarachchi is\u00a0a\u00a0respected\u00a0and\u00a0recognized\u00a0professional,\u00a0known\u00a0for\u00a0his\u00a0successes\u00a0in\u00a0driving\u00a0profitability,\u00a0implementing\u00a0governance\u00a0frameworks,\u00a0and contributing significantly to the Insurance and Healthcare\u00a0Industries\u00a0in\u00a0Sri\u00a0Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his notable achievements, Mr. Lokuarachchi delivered double-digit growth and tripled EBITDA at Lanka Hospitals, leading the brand to win the Best Healthcare Brand in 2022 and Most Awarded Healthcare Provider in 2023. Drove group PAT from LKR 197 Mn to LKR 1.1 Bn at HNB Assurance and regained market leadership in general insurance at Sri Lanka Insurance in 2014. Also secured the Gold Award for the Annual Report at the TAG Awards in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lokuarachchi holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Colombo and was admitted as an Attorney-at-Law\u00a0in 1996. He is also an Associate Member of the Chartered\u00a0Insurance Institute\u00a0and a Chartered\u00a0Insurance Risk Manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Membership in Board Sub Committees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He is a Member of the Board Audit Committee and the Board Human Resources and Remuneration Committee of Siyapatha Finance PLC.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2800,"template":"","class_list":["post-2796","board_of_directors","type-board_of_directors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siyapatha.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/board_of_directors\/2796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siyapatha.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/board_of_directors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siyapatha.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/board_of_directors"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siyapatha.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siyapatha.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}