Current chairman Krishan Balendra's three year term ends this year. He is from John Keells group.
Kulathilaka has been a director of the CSE from 2009.
CSE said he had over 29 years of experience in Sri Lanka's capital markets.
Before joining NDB Investment Bank Limited he was chief executive of CKN Fund Management.
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