AIA Insurance Lanka PLC has appointed Russell De Mel as an Independent Non-executive Director to its Board of Directors. He becomes the second Sri Lankan Independent Non-executive Director to be appointed to the high profile Board of Directors, joining Deepal Sooriyaarachchi. As Independent Non-executive Directors, Deepal and Russell play a key role in safeguarding the interests of stakeholders in the Company, providing a wealth of experience and understanding of the Sri Lankan financial services industry.

Russell De Mel was with NDB Group for over 30 years. He retired as its Director /Group Chief Executive in 2013. During his long career at NDB he held many key positions and played a leading role in the privatization of the plantation sector.

At present he is a member of the Board of Directors of Housing Development Finance Corporation, Maldive Islands and TAL Hotels Lanka PLC (Taj Samudra), EAP Holdings Pvt Ltd. and Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC.