Three new members Sanjeeva Jayawardena PC, Dr (Mrs) Ranee Jayamaha and Samantha Kumarasinghe have assumed duties as serving members of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), pursuant to being appointed to the Board by the President, under section 8(2)(c) of the Monetary Law Act with the approval of the Constitutional Council.
Mr. Jayawardena is the first President’s Counsel to serve on the Monetary Board of the CBSL. He presently serves as the Chairman of the Monetary Board Risk Oversight Committee and has also been appointed as the Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the CBSL.
Dr. (Mrs) Ranee Jayamaha Dr. Jayamaha has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Monetary Board Advisory Audit Committee of the CBSL. She also currently serves as a Director at Overseas Realty (Ceylon) Ltd. and the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies and as a Member of the Governing Council of the Marga Institute.
. Samantha Kumarasinghe currently serves as Chairman and Managing Director of several companies in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Vietnam that operate in industrial sectors across cosmetics, textile chemicals, household cleaning products, organic food and biological fertilizers.
Mr. Kumarasinghe studied at Royal College, Colombo. He is a chemistry graduate of the University of Peradeniya and an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, USA.
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