Keith D. Bernard

Background

About Keith D. Bernard

Finance and Management specialist with experience at local and international companies. Commenced career at Ernst & Young and moved to industry and progressed through the ranks up to CFO and then CEO in Conglomerate and industries spanning commodity brokering, manufacturing and exports, telecom, apparel, leisure, media, plantations, beverage, ICT, healthcare, logistics, BPO, insurance etc. As Director of Monitoring & Evaluations, headed the finance, IT and M&E functions of a lead USAid Initiative in Sri Lanka aimed at promoting the international competitiveness of Sri Lankan companies through technology transfer. Seven years as an independent business consultant advising and assisting medium and large size companies on restructures, Business Development, Public-Private Partnerships, Business Strategy and strategic communications, business planning, compensation plans etc. Previously Working Director and Member of the Board of Directors of the Road Development Authority under the Ministry of Highways, Higher Education & Investment Promotion. Former director of road construction company and independent director of leading salt producing & distribution company. Served as Managing Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited under the Ministry of Public Enterprise Development. Also functioned as Advisor to the Minister of Public Enterprise Development. Currently also Independent/Non-Executive Director of a Non Banking Financial Institution. Chairman of its Audit committee and former member of the Credit Committee. Served as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of a leading hospital, and Chaired it's remuneration committee, audit committee and Related Party Transaction Committees and was member of it's Procurement Committee. Non Independent non executive director of its fully owned subsidiary in laboratory/diagnostics services. Non executive director of leading investment bank. Director of company in the road construction sector.