Central Bank appoints new Assistant Governors
View(s):The Monetary Board, at its meeting held on April 5 has promoted Ms. K. Saravanamuttu, E.A. Hettiarachchi, R.A.A. Jayalath, K.M.M. Siriwardana and S.J.A. Handagama, all five Staff Class Grade IV officers, to the post of Assistant Governor of the Central Bank (CB). ”These promotions have been made in line with the succession plan of the bank and to address the new challenges of the Central Bank,” the bank said in a media release. Ms. Saravanamuttu, former Director of the Policy Review and Monitoring Department has been appointed as the Assistant Governor in-charge of Financial Sector Research Department and Regional Development Department.
She has served the Central Bank for more than 34 years and has worked in the Departments of Economic Research, Rural Credit, Secretariat, Bank Supervision, Financial Markets, Public Debt, Communications, Financial System Stability, Statistics and Policy Review and Monitoring.
Mr. Hettiarachchi, former Director of Facilities Management and acting Director of Security Services, has been appointed as the Assistant Governor in-charge of Staff Services Management Department and Facilities Management Department. He has over 34 years of experience in different capacities in the Central Bank.
He has worked as the Head of the Departments of Information Technology, Finance, Exchange Control, Regional Development, Statistics and Staff Services Management. Mr. Jayalath, former Superintendent of Employees’ Provident Fund Department, has been appointed as the Assistant Governor in-charge of the departments of Bank Supervision, Supervision of Non-Bank Financial institutions and Employees’ Provident Fund.
He has served the Central Bank for 26 years and worked in the Departments of Internal Audit, Banking Development, Economic Research, Bank Supervision, Secretariat, International Operations, Domestic Operations and Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF).
Mr. Siriwardana, Chief Economist and the Director of Economic Research, has been appointed as Assistant Governor. He has over 25 years of experience in the Central Bank, especially in the areas of Economic Research, Government Finance and Public Debt. Mr. Handagama, Director of Regional Development Department, has been appointed as the Assistant Governor. He has served in the Central Bank for 26 years and has worked in the Departments of Statistics, Banking Development, Secretariat, Communications, Training and Development and Regional Development. Mr. Handagama is a well-known movie maker, a critic and a writer who was been awarded internationally.