CIFL appoints a new chairman

Central Investments & Finance Ltd (CIFL) has announced the appointment of Professor L.R. Amarasekara as the new chairman of the company effective September 10.

Deepthi Perera who was the Chairman earlier resigned from the Board due to personal reasons, the company said. The Board of Directors at a special meeting held last week decided to appoint Prof. Amarasekara as the Chairman of CIFL. Prof. Amarasekara is a consultant Physician and has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector. Shirley Perera is the Deputy Chairman of CIFL. In addition to them, CIFL has a wealth of financial experts on the board like H. P. J. De Silva, first CEO / General Manager of Sampath Bank, H.G.C. Rodrigo, fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants, Roshan Egodage, former Deputy Chief Executive of The Finance Company PLC, Gamini Sarath, former Director / CEO of Bankers Training Institute and Sharm Fernando, a lawyer and a banker.