Citizens Development Business Finance PLC

Company type	Public
Traded as	CSE: CDB.N0000
ISIN	LK0368N00007
Industry	Financial services
Founded	September 7, 1995; 28 years ago (1995-09-07)
Headquarters	Colombo , Sri Lanka
Key people	Alastair Corera (Chairman) Mahesh Nanayakkara (Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer)
Revenue	LKR17,572 million (2021/22)
Operating income	LKR5,268 million (2021/22)
Net income	LKR3,612 million (2021/22)
AUM	LKR52,217 million
Total assets	LKR105,420 million (2021/22)
Total equity	LKR17,648 (2021/22)
Owner	Ceylinco Life Insurance Ltd (32.13%) Janashakthi Insurance (10.12%) Asia Management Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd (5.28%)
Website	www.cdb.lk
Footnotes / references [1]

Citizens Development Business Finance PLC also abbreviated as CDB PLC or CDBF PLC is a Sri Lankan listed public limited company which works as a licensed finance company accepting deposits from general public. It is one of the leading finance companies in Sri Lanka and it is also ranked within the top five largest licensed financial institutions among the 46 non banking institutions in the country.^[2] In September 2019, the company received the Best Social Media Initiative of the Year at the 2019 Asian Banking & Finance Awards which was held at the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore.^[3] The company was also awarded the Sri Lankan Best Employer Brand of the Year in 2019.^[4]

Cooperate history

The Citizens Development Business Finance was incorporated as a public limited company on 7 September 1995 and it is listed at the Colombo Stock Exchange.^[5] The company is licensed by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under the Finance Business Act no 42 of 2011. As of 2019, the company has about 71 branches across the country.