Union Bank appoints Ms. Shaheeda Barrie to the board

Above: Ms. Shaheeda Barrie

Union Bank has announced the appointment of Ms. Shaheeda Barrie as an Independent Non-Executive Director to the Board of Directors.

Ms. Barrie brings over 25 years of distinguished legal and regulatory experience, with expertise in public law, financial regulation, banking and finance, capital markets, and complex commercial litigation and arbitration. She served for 22 years at the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka, rising to the position of Deputy Solicitor General, where she advised and represented the Government of Sri Lanka, financial regulators, state-owned enterprises, and public institutions on high-value and high-impact matters, the bank said in a media release.

Following her retirement from public service, Ms. Barrie heads her own legal chambers and continues to advise on complex litigation, arbitration, regulatory matters, and legislative reform, including consultancy work with multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, and the International Finance Corporation. She currently serves as a Director of the Personal Data Protection Authority of Sri Lanka.