Newly appointed CBSL Governor Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe assumes duties

Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe assumes duties as the 17th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka 
(CBSL) today. Dr. Weerasinghe is a career central banker, with extensive experience in Monetary and 
Exchange Rate Policy.

Dr. Weerasinghe was promoted as Deputy Governor on 27 September, 2011  while he was serving as an Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund and  assumed office as Deputy Governor of the CBSL on 01 September 2012. Dr. Weerasinghe holds a  PhD and Master’s Degree in Economics from the Australian National University and a B.Sc. Degree  from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka. 

As Deputy Governor, Dr. Weerasinghe has served as the Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee 
and the Foreign Reserve Management Committee of the CBSL and has overseen the Departments of 
Economic Research, Statistics, International Operations, Domestic Operations, Macroprudential 
Surveillance, Exchange Control, Currency and Communications. 

Prior to being released to the International Monetary Fund as the Alternate Executive Director for 
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan, from January 2010 to August 2012, Dr. Weerasinghe served 
as Assistant Governor from August 2009 to September 2012 as well as the Chief Economist and 
Director of Economic Research from January 2007 to August 2009.

Dr. Weerasinghe retired from the Central Bank as the Senior Deputy Governor in January 2021 and 
worked as an Independent Consultant for economic and financial matters for multilateral agencies and 
Global Investment firms.