Hemachandra Legacy

Chronicle I

Chandima Chulendra Hemachandra

Technology leader

A career in technology that began in Britain and has since run through Sri Lanka, Kenya and Malaysia.

Four decades of it, inside banks, an insurer and a technology company, and at the boards of three institutions.

This page is the record. The story his family tells is kept beside it.

Chandima Chulendra Hemachandra smiling, in a navy jacket over an open white shirt, with a patterned pocket square and a small lapel pin, against a plain pale background.

The record

Known as
Chandima
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Education
Honours degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Professional standing
Fellow of the British Computer Society
Countries of his career
United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Malaysia
Career on record
From 1986 to the present, close to four decades

The career

Years only. The exact dates are kept in the family's own records.

  1. 1986 to 1987 Systems Analyst British Hartford-Fairmount Engineering, United Kingdom
  2. 1990 to 2000 Chief Manager, ICT Commercial Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka
  3. 2000 to 2006 Deputy General Manager, Head of ICT & Banking Operations, CIO Hatton National Bank, Sri Lanka
  4. 2006 to 2009 Head of ICT, Chief Information Officer CfC Stanbic Bank, Nairobi, Kenya
  5. 2009 to 2011 Chief Information Officer Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, Sri Lanka
  6. 2011 to present Chief Technology Officer Scicom (MSC) Berhad, Malaysia

At the board

  • eChannelling PLC 2009 to 2011
  • National Savings Bank, Sri Lanka Mid to late 2010s
  • Entrust Securities PLC 2016 to 2018

What he built

  1. Technology

    A career built around complex information technology environments and large scale systems.

  2. Banking

    Senior technology and operational leadership at Commercial Bank of Ceylon, Hatton National Bank and CfC Stanbic Bank.

  3. Insurance

    Chief Information Officer at Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation.

  4. International experience

    Professional chapters in the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Malaysia.

  5. Leadership

    From Systems Analyst to Chief Manager, Deputy General Manager, CIO and CTO.

  6. Governance

    Board responsibilities at National Savings Bank, eChannelling PLC and Entrust Securities PLC.

  7. Consultancy

    Consultancy and advisory work for government and private institutions, including three national advisory councils in Sri Lanka.

  8. Professional community

    Fellow of the British Computer Society.

It all began at Royal College, Sri Lanka, where he formed lifelong friendships that have endured to this day, a close-knit brotherhood known as “The 9 Yards.”

Photographs

Chandima Chulendra Hemachandra smiling, in a navy jacket over an open white shirt, with a patterned pocket square and a small lapel pin, against a plain pale background.
Chandima looking up from a desk, one hand on the keys of an old typewriter and the other on a mechanical adding machine, with a green banker’s lamp, a valve radio and a framed map of the world behind him.
Chandima smiling behind an old treadle sewing machine with a length of patterned cloth across it, a wall clock and two inlaid panels on the wall behind him.
Chandima in a navy blazer and white shirt, arms folded, turned to the side and looking at the camera against a white background.

The family

Dr. Piyasiri Hemachandra Dr. Piyasiri Hemachandra
Mallika Hemachandra Mallika Hemachandra Chronicle in preparation
Chandima Chulendra Hemachandra Chandima Chulendra Hemachandra This Chronicle
Yali Hemachandra Yali Hemachandra Chronicle in preparation
Chaundev Chandima Hemachandra Chaundev Chandima Hemachandra
Lashlan Hemachandra Lashlan Hemachandra
Jvanash Hemachandra Jvanash Hemachandra

Still to be written

Nothing is guessed at here. Each of these appears on the page the day the family writes it.

  • In his own words
  • The work he is proudest of
  • The people he mentored
The birthday tribute Written by his family for his 63rd birthday, with a film, their letters and a reading of the whole Chronicle.