Romesh Gomez heads Wealth Trust Securities
View(s):Wealth Trust Securities Ltd, a primary dealer recognised by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, recently appointed Romesh Gomez as its Chief Executive Officer. The company says it has made significant strides in Sri Lanka’s debt market since its inception in July 2011 and continues to enhance shareholder value while offering phenomenal returns to all its stakeholders.
Mr. Gomez said that the future of Sri Lanka’s Debt market is at a takeoff point with the planned implementation of a Central Clearing Process (CCP) and an Automatic Trading System (ATS) initiated by the Central Bank and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.
“This would add further liquidity to the debt market whilst the appointment of primary dealers as debt brokers will compliment these initiatives,” he was quoted as saying in the statement. Wealth Trust’s major shareholders are Finco Holdings (Pvt) Ltd and SAFE Holdings (Pvt) Ltd whilst its board of directors comprises Dr. Anura Ekanayake – Chairman, Dammikka Ranawana – Managing Director and directors – Senaka Weerasooria, Mangala Boyagoda, Priyanjith Weerasooria and Ruwan Cooray.