Felix Shanthi Perera

Felix Shanthi Perera

Advisor - Risk

Biography

Mr. Gunasekara Arachchige Felix Shanthi Perera is a highly experienced senior banker with over 44 years of distinguished service in international banking, trade finance, and financial institutions business. His career spans senior leadership roles at Saudi Awwal Bank (formerly Saudi British Bank - SABB) in Riyadh and Standard Chartered Bank in Sri Lanka, where he developed deep expertise across corporate banking, financial institutions, trade operations, and product development.

During his tenure at Saudi Awwal Bank, Mr. Perera held senior roles within Global Trade & Receivable Finance Services, including Senior Manager - Development and Control Unit and Head of Trade Product & Advisory. In these capacities, he provided technical advisory on complex trade transactions, structured guarantees and letters of credit, ensured compliance with local and international regulations, and supported strategic initiatives across trade finance and operations. He played a key role in reviewing trade policies, enhancing control frameworks, and delivering technical training to clients, relationship managers, and internal teams.

Earlier in his career at Standard Chartered Bank, Mr. Perera progressed through a series of increasingly senior roles over more than two decades, including Associate Director - Financial Institutions, Manager Trade Operations, and Customer Team Manager. His responsibilities covered correspondent banking relationships, financial institutions coverage, trade operations management, credit analysis, and cross-border trade finance solutions. He was actively involved in major transformation initiatives, including the integration of ANZ Grindlays into Standard Chartered Bank in Sri Lanka.

Mr. Perera holds a Postgraduate Executive Diploma in Bank Management from the Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka (affiliated with the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London), and is a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner. He brings exceptional operational knowledge, regulatory awareness, and trade finance expertise to board-level oversight, contributing strong governance discipline and practical banking insight.