CB appoints four new Deputy Governors

The Monetary Board has promoted four Assistant Governors, Ms. M A R C Cooray, K G D D Dheerasinghe, Dr. P W R B A U Herat and Dr. D S Wijesinghe to the post of Deputy Governor with effect from March 13, May 23, May 27 and July 07, 2009 respectively.

Ms. M A R C Cooray

Ms. M A R C Cooray has 35 years of experience in the wide area of Central Bank activities including economic research, human resources management, secretariat, legal, regional development, banking development, fiscal policy, communication and as Secretary to the Monetary Board. Prior to this appointment she has held the position of Assistant Governor for about 8 years.

Dr. P W R B A U Herat

Dr. P W R B A U Herat has been in the Central Bank for 26 years and has wide experience in the Statistics Department, Economic Research Department and as an Assistant Governor in charge of Bank Supervision, Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Institution Department, Financial Stability Departments and several operational departments.

He is a macroeconomist, who has worked mostly areas of financial systems and price stability of the Central Bank. On release to IMF, Dr. Herat served as the Alternate Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka in IMF from 2004 to 2007.

K G D D Dheerasinghe

K G D D Dheerasinghe has been in the Central Bank for 32 years and has wide experience in Economic Research Department, Statistics Department, Public Debt Department, Bank Supervision Department and Information Technology Department. In his capacity as an Assistant Governor, he has supervised key departments such as Bank Supervision Department, Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Institution Department, Public Debt Department Financial System Stability Department and several policy and operational departments. He has also functioned as the Secretary to the Monetary Board during the period from 2004 to 2007. On release to IMF, presently he is working as the Alternate Executive Director in IMF for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka.

Dr. D S Wijesinghe

Dr. D S Wijesinghe has been in the Central Bank for 35 years and has wide experience in the economic research, statistics, domestic operations and as an Assistant Governor in charge of several policy and operational departments including Economic and Price Stability Cluster, Policy Review and Monitoring Department, Financial Intelligence Unit, and Exchange Control Department. Dr. Wijesinghe has served as a Research Economist in SEACEN Research and Training Center, Malaysia from 1985 to 1987.