New Finance Secretary assumes duty
Deputy Secretary to Treasury S.R. Attygalle, who has been appointed as the Secretary to the Finance and Economic Affairs Ministry and the Secretary to the Treasury by President Maithripala Sirisena, assumed duties in his new post at the Finance Ministry, Secretariat Building, Colombo 1, on October 31.
Attygalle, who is from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has so far been serving on release, as a Deputy Secretary to the Treasury for more than 10 years.
Attygalle holds a Masters (M.SC.) Degree in Quantitative Development Economics from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science (B.SC.) Degree in Physical Science from the University of Colombo.
He has also served as the Director General of the Fiscal Policy Department and the Public Enterprises Department of the Finance and Planning Ministry and has contributed substantially to the government’s endeavours in the fiscal consolidation process.
Attygalle had also served as a Director and Acting Chairman of National Savings Bank and a Director to the board of Regional Development Bank and also represented the Treasury as a board member on several boards in key government institutions, such as the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
At present, Attygalle represents the Treasury at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.