Chiranthi Cooray is Deputy General Manager/Chief Transformation Officer of Hatton National Bank PLC. Chiranthi serves on the Boards of the HNB General Insurance Ltd, CSR Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd & Advisory Board of AISEC Sri Lanka and serves as a Trustee of the HNB Sustainability Foundation. She also serves in the SLID Education & Technical Working Committee and Women’s Chamber of Industry & Commerce Policy Advocacy Committee.

She is a past President of the Association of Human Resource Professionals, Sri Lanka. Chiranthi holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales (Cardiff Metropolitan). Chiranthi was awarded the HR Leadership Award for Global HR Excellence organized by World HR Congress in February 2015.

She has also been awarded the Gold Category at the Women for Governance Professional & Career Women Awards 2014/2015 by the Women in Management for her exceptional contribution and achievements in the field of Human Resources. Under her leadership the Hatton National Bank PLC has achieved many local and international awards in the last 10 years in HR and Sustainability spheres. In 2017, Chiranthi served as the Chairwoman of the National Task Force to recommend a strategic road map to increase female labour force participation in Sri Lanka for the National HR Development Council of Sri Lanka.