Bank Chief Internal Auditors appoint new executive committee

Chief Internal Auditors of Banks Forum is a body formed to share best practices, knowledge and to strengthen fellowship amongst Chief Internal Auditors in banks. The membership of this forum consists of Chief Internal Auditors of all commercial and specialized banks in Sri Lanka. The forum appointed new office bearers recently.

Niroshana Seneviratne, Chief Internal Auditor of Hatton National Bank PLC was elected President. Niroshana is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow of the Institute of Bankers, Certified Public Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He counts more than 25 years in the banking sector and prior to joining HNB, was the Chief Internal Auditor at Commercial Bank of Qatar which position he held for 8 years. He had been the Chief Internal Auditor at National Development Bank PLC and Nations Trust Bank PLC.

A M Chandrasagara, Chief Internal Auditor, Sanasa Development Bank (Immediate Past President) was elected Advisor. Jeremy De Zilva, AGM/ Head of Internal Audit, Pan Asia Bank PLC, was elected Vice President and P M Liyanage, Chief Internal Auditor, Bank of Ceylon as the General Secretary.

John Premanath, AGMManagement Audit, Commercial Bank of Ceylon, Nandanie Thilakarathna, Chief Internal Auditor, Peoples Bank, Charitha Jayawickrema, Chief Internal Auditor, DFCC Bank, Sivanandan Marimuthu, Country Head of Audit, Standard Chartered Bank Colombo, Ruwani De Silva, Vice President Audit, National Development Bank PLC and A J Atukorala, Chief Internal Auditor, HDFC Bank were appointed to the committee.