Sanji Gunawardena

President - FIDEM

Sanji is a seasoned finance leader with a career spanning over 30 years. He brings a wealth of expertise in sourcing deals, driving revenue growth, cultivating client relationships, crafting strategic visions, and structuring complex deals.

In 2018, Sanji embarked on a mission to establish Fidem, an innovative asset management venture. Fidem is dedicated to helping leading financial institutions mitigate risk in their portfolios and optimize capital allocation. Under his visionary leadership, the company has successfully acquired a portfolio exceeding $7 billion in credit card and other unsecured consumer loan assets, collaborating with a diverse spectrum of investment and lending partners.

Prior to Fidem, Sanji spent 6 years as Senior Executive Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions at Onboard Partners and served as Principal of a firm offering strategic guidance to global consumer finance businesses, focusing on realignment, acquisitions, and divestitures. In addition to these roles, Sanji worked in Card Services Global M&A at Bank of America as a Senior Vice President and as a Senior Business Analyst at DuPont.

Sanji holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance from The University of Georgia, complemented by an MBA with a specialization in Finance from the University of Toronto – Rotman School of Management.