Mr. Anura Atapattu

Mr. Anura Atapattu is the President of the Lanka Microfinance Practitioners’ Association (LMFPA) and the Managing Director of Berendina Micro Investment Company (BMIC. He is also the Chairman of Berendina Development Services (Gte) Limited (BDS). He was also served as the Chief Executive Officer – Sarvodaya Rural Enterprises Development Services (REDS) and the Deputy Managing Director of Sarvodaya Economic Enterprises Development Services (Guarantee) Ltd (SEEDS). He had been in a Board member of SEEDS, BDS, BEC, BMIC, and LMFPA for many years. He has been the founding Chairman of Development Facilitators Limited a consulting, training and research provider for Microfinance, MSME and other development spheres in Sri Lanka and abroad. He is a consultant in profession and has undertaken many assignments nationally and internationally and has represented Sri Lanka development sector in many local international conferences, seminars and events. He hold a B. Sc. (Agric),Post-graduate Diploma in Economic Development and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) – University of Lincoln – UK