CB appoints new Deputy Governor
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank, with the concurrence of Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, has promoted Assistant Governor C.J.P. Siriwardana to the post of Deputy Governor with effect from August 19, 2017.
Siriwardana has over 31 years of experience in the Central Bank especially in the areas of economic and price stability, financial system stability and other agency functions carried out by the Central Bank.
Prior to the appointment as a Deputy Governor, Siriwardana held the position of Assistant Governor in-charge of public debt, information technology, legal and compliance, macroprudential surveillance, human resources, policy review and monitoring, payments and settlement and risk management departments.
Siriwardana holds an MSC degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Quantitative Development Economics from the University of Warwick, UK and a B.SC. degree in Agriculture from the University of Ruhuna.
Siriwardana has served as Secretary to the Monetary Board of the Central Bank. He currently serves as a Director of Lankaclear (Pvt.) Ltd and Colombo Dockyard PLC. He has also served as a Director of the Ceylon Electricity Board, Provident Property Lanka Ltd and Kandurata Development Bank and an Observer of the Board of Directors of the Board of Investments (BOI).
Further, Siriwardana has participated in various national and international fora representing the government and the Central Bank. He has also participated in a number of international training programmes in the areas of risk management, debt management, investment management, financial stability, monetary policy, leadership and rural development during his long career in the Central Bank.
Siriwardana has made special contributions and innovations for the improvement of standards, especially in the fields of debt management and investments. Being a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Financial System Stability Committee (FSSC), Inter Regulatory Institutions Committee (IRIC) and Non-financial Risk Management Committee (NFRMC), Siriwardana has made a significant contribution towards achieving core objectives of the Central Bank.
He has authored many articles in reputed international and local journals in the fields of public finance, debt management and bond market development. He is also a regular speaker at various forums in different capacities and was a faculty member of the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Malaysia.