Ceylinco Life has appointed Upamalika Ratnayake as the company’s Chief Digital Officer (CDO) with immediate effect, to lead digital innovation in processes and product delivery.
Ratnayake, who has served Ceylinco Life for 17 years, was the company’s first Chief Information Officer (CIO).
A Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS), the Australian Computer Society and a Chartered IT professional, she holds several other professional qualifications in IT including CISA (ISACA) and an MSc in Computer Science (MCS) from the University of Colombo School of Computing.
A past pupil of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo, Mrs Ratnayake’s forte is Information Systems and IS Audit. She is credited, among others, of being the ‘live wire’ in the implementation of the company’s core insurance policy administration software (Life Asia), and design and development of Ceylinco Life’s Auto Underwriting System (Ausys).
As Chief Digital Officer of Ceylinco Life Ratnayake is expected, among other functions, to map digital capabilities to strategic priorities, serve as the executive sponsor for digital process innovation,develop and administer Ceylinco Life’s digital project portfolio and be the “executive intermediary” during delivery, Renganathan added.