S. Lankathilake promoted to the post of CB Deputy Governor
View(s):The Monetary Board, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, has promoted Assistant Governor, Mr. S. Lankathilake to the post of Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CB) with effect from 24th January 2016.Mr. S Lankathilake has more than 30 years of experience in the CBSL in the areas of Economic and Price Stability, Financial System Stability and Agency Functions. Prior to this appointment he held the position of the Assistant Governor in-charge of Bank Supervision, Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Financial Sector Research Departments and Financial Intelligence Unit.
Mr. Lankathilake holds MA in Economics and a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics from the University of Manchester, U.K., and a B.Com degree with 1st Class honours from the University of Peradeniya. During his 30 year career in the CB, he has participated in large number of international training programmes in the areas of Macroeconomic Management, Macroeconomic Modelling, Trade Policies, Competitiveness,Project Management, Foreign Investment, Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, Communication Policy etc. Hehas introduced several measures to improve the delivery of credit and rationalize the existing credit programmes coming under Regional Development and also provided guidance to initiate new programmes to enhance financial inclusion and to reach the farmers in the remote areas.