Board of Directors

Mr. Megat Mizan Nicholas Denney
Chairman

Megat Mizan Nicholas Denney is the Executive Director, Group Business Development of K&N Kenanga Holdings Berhad. Having joined K&N Kenanga Holdings Berhad in 1990 as a trainee, his corporate acumen and foresight saw him rapidly climb the corporate ladder to his present position.

A gifted academic, Megat Mizan is qualified in a multitude of disciplines. He holds a MSc in Engineering Business Management – University of Warwick, UK, a BSc (Hons) in Production Engineering and Management – Loughborough University of Technology, UK, a Diploma in Marketing – The Institute of Marketing, UK and a Certified Diploma in Accounting & Finance – Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

Mr. R. S. W. Senanayake
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Rohan Senanayake is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom and a fellow member of the Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka.

Mr. Senanayake counts over 25 years of experience in the financial markets including insurance, stock broking, fund management, corporate finance and in finance business.

He was the Deputy Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of SMB Leasing PLC (formally known as Seylan Merchant Bank PLC) and Seylan Merchant Leasing PLC and was the Managing Director of Orient Capital Limited.

He joined Ceylinco Insurance PLC in 1995 as Manager-Investments and resigned as Deputy General Manager-Investments in 2009 and functions from 2010 as a consultant for the Investment Committee of the Ceylinco Insurance (Life). In 2015 he was appointed to the Ceylinco Life Insurance Ltd as a Non-executive Director. He was a Director of the Leasing Association of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2008.

Mr. Senanayake holds a number of Board positions serving in the capacity of Chairman/Managing Director/Director which includes SMB Securities (Pvt) Ltd, SMB Real Estate Ltd, SMB Money Brokers (Pvt) Ltd and K Seeds Investments (Pvt) Ltd.

Mr. Lee Kok Khee
Director

Lee Kok Khee was appointed as the Director of Kenanga Investors Berhad (formerly CMS Trust Management Berhad) in 2010. Lee Kok Khee joined Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad in October 2003 to set up and head the Corporate Finance division. Currently, he heads the Equity Broking division as Senior Director.

A Certified Public Accountant, he began his career at Ernst and Young in 1989 where he was responsible for various audit functions. In 1992, he joined AmMerchant Bank Berhad (formerly Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad) as the Senior Manager in Corporate Finance, where he was responsible for the execution and marketing of corporate finance services. He later moved on to Tokyo Mitsubishi International (Singapore) Limited as Vice President of the Asia Pacific region in 1999.

Mr. M.S.I. Peiris
Director

Mr. M.S.I. Peiris is an Associate member of the Institute of Credit Management of Sri Lanka. He joined Seylan Merchant Bank PLC in 1994 and presently functions as the Executive Director of SMB leasing PLC.

Mr. Peiris has experience in the field of credit especially in Leasing, counting over 24 years in the industry.

Dr. Nasir Razak
Director

Dr. Nasir Razak is a recognized finance professional with a distinguished cross-cultural career in the field of finance, sales & marketing for corporate entities and Government agencies. Throughout an over two decade long career Dr. Razak has gained a widely acknowledged reputation as a specialist in Finance, Investment, Management and Economics.

With an impeccable record throughout an over two decade long career, Dr. Razak has a comprehensive knowledge in business consulting & advisories in a variety of fields and a specialist in Finance, Investment, Management and Economics.

Born in Singapore in 1958, he holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from the Honolulu University, Hawaii, USA, majoring in Finance and Marketing.

His professional affiliations include serving as Advisor, Bank Restructuring Agency; Consultant and Advisor, Ericsson Microwave System AB (Asia); Corporate Advisor, Guthrie Telepark, Malaysia; and Board of Director of SM- Kenanga Investment Corporation Ltd; Principal Investment Advisor & Board of Director of Mainstreet Trading Limited.

Mr. Roslan Hj Tik
Director

Roslan has over 19 years of experience in the capital markets industry spanning from credit rating to business origination and execution. He had served Rating AgencyMalaysia for three years before pioneering the analytical team of Malaysian Rating Corporation (“MARC”) in August 1996. Subsequent to his almost 8-year credit stint, he served KAF Investment Bank as the General Manager of its Capital Market department for close to 3 years.

He joined Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad on 16 May 2011 as Senior Director of Investment Banking division after having served RHB Investment Bank as its Division Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Services for 7 years. During his stint in RHB, he was responsible for all investment banking transaction initiatives for both conventional and Islamic businesses with products ranging from debt (fixed-income) & equity/corporate finance/advisory to corporate banking. He spearheaded a team of 22 professionals in that division with strong market coverage. To date, he has successfully closed a total funding deals in excess of RM100 billion.

Some of his notable achievements include the successful coordination and execution of the RM6.1 billion Islamic Financing for Jimah Energy Ventures Bhd in June 2005 which won four major international awards from The Euromoney (London), The Edge (Malaysia), Project Finance International (Hong Kong) and The Asset (Hong Kong). Apart from being instrumental in garnering several Government Guaranteed public issues, he was also actively involved in various multilateral foreign issuers such as The Export-Import Bank of Korea, Woori Bank, Hana Bank and Industrial Bank of Korea which resulted in RHB topping the league table with respect to foreign issues in 2009/2010.

A licensed person under the Capital Market Services Act, Roslan graduated from the DeMontfortUniversity, Leicester, UK with a BSc in Combined Studies (Accounting with Law). He attended INSEAD’s BusinessSchool (Singapore Campus) short-term programme in March 2007 and 2008. He is also a facilitator / trainer under the Financial Services Talent Enrichment Programme (FSTEP) initiated by Bank Negara Malaysia.