Varuna Jayasinghe has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka and Finance PLC (MBSL) with effect from 20th July 2021.
MBSL is a subsidiary of Bank of Ceylon.
Jayasinghe is an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Presently he is a member of the Bar Association of Mount-Lavinia and also the Secretary of the Bar Association of Mount-Lavinia. Simultaneously he works at the Prime Minister’s office as a Coordinating Secretary to the Prime Minister. He has over six years working experience as an Executive Officer at Vacuum Processing Lanka Ltd, a subsidiary group of Global Transportation and Logistics Ltd.
During his schooling he has actively participated in the extra-curricular activities. He was the cricket captain of the college under-19 cricket team in 1993/94 season and he was also the Deputy Head Prefect of the college in 1993/94