Pradeep Kariyawasam is a Sri Lankan corporate executive and sportsmen. Chairman, National Savings Bank

National Savings Bank (Sri Lanka)

National Savings Bank , is a state-owned Savings Bank in Sri Lanka. It was incorporated in Ceylon by the National Savings Bank Act No. 30 of 1971 and was granted the status of the Licensed Specialised Bank in terms of the Banking Act No. 30 of 1988. NSB has 182 branches, 12 Postal Banking Branches...

, he was the former chairman, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited

Sri Lanka Insurance

Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited, also known as Sri Lanka Insurance is the largest and strongest composite insurance provider in Sri Lanka. It is the first and only insurance company in Sri Lanka to be assigned a prime AA- rating for Insurance Financial Strength from the global rating agency...

, CEO and General Manager

General manager

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 of Unimo Enterprise, United Motors Lanka (Ltd) and Browns Group of Companies. He is a specialist in marketing

Marketing

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 and a management consultant.

Educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo

Royal College Colombo

The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...

, he was the vice-captain of his college cricket team and played in the Royal-Thomian

Royal-Thomian

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. Kariyawasam is a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing

Chartered Institute of Marketing

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He is married to Justice

Justice

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 Dr Shirani Bandaranayake

Shirani Bandaranayake

Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake is the 43rd and current Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. She became the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka when she took oaths on May 18, 2011, succeeding the retiring Asoka de Silva....

 current Chief Justice of Sri Lanka

Chief Justice of Sri Lanka

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. They have one son, Shaveen Bandaranayake Kariyawasam.