Treasury Secretary Attygalle promoted to Central Bank Deputy Governor

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Sri Lanka's Monetary Board, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, has promoted Assistant Governors, S.R. Attygalle and H.A. Karunaratne as Deputy Governors of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CB) with effect from October 31, it was announced on Wednesday.
Mr. Attygalle, currently Treasury Secretary after the entry of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa who also handles the finance portfolio, has been seconded for service to the Finance Ministry for many years. He has over 27 years of service in the Central Bank.

Mr. Karunaratne has over 32 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 appointment as a Deputy Governor, Mr. Karunaratne held the position of the Assistant Governor in-charge of Employees' Provident Fund, Risk Management, and Secretariat Departments; and supervised the administrative matters of the Financial Intelligence Unit. (BS)

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