Siriwardene appointed new Central Bank Dep. Governor

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Assistant Governor, C.J.P. Siriwardana has been appointed as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank with effect from August 19 on the retirement of Deputy Governor P. Samarasiri on August 18, the banking regulator said.
The Business Times last week reported Mr. Samarasiri’s retirement after a career that was marred at the latter stages by allegations of complicity in the Central Bank scam and his ‘closeness’ to former Governor Arjuna Mahendran.
Mr. Siriwardana has over 31 years of experience in the Central Bank especially in the areas of Economic and Price Stability, Financial System Stability and other Agency Functions carried out by the Central Bank. Prior to the latest appointment, Mr. Siriwardana held the position of the Assistant Governor in-charge of Public Debt, Information Technology, Legal and Compliance, Macro-prudential Surveillance, Human Resources, Policy Review and Monitoring, Payments and Settlement and Risk Management Departments. - ENDS -

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