Institute of Bankers Award :

Dheerasinghe gets Honorary Fellowship

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Deputy Governor K G D D Dheerasinghe was awarded Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka Honorary Fellowship at its convocation held recently. This honour was conferred on Dheerasinghe in recognition of his contribution to the development of the financial industry and financial education in Sri Lanka.

Dheerasinghe who started his career in Bank of Ceylon in 1975 joined the Central Bank in 1976 and served in senior capacities in Economic Research, Statistics, Bank Supervision, Information Technology and Public Debt Departments prior to his appointment as Public Debt Superintendent in 2001.

He was appointed as Assistant Governor in 2004 and Deputy Governor in charge of Economic and Price Stability in May 2009. He was also Alternate Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka at the International Monetary Fund from August 2007 to January 2010.

He was a visiting lecturer at Sri Jayawardenapura, Kelaniya and Moratuwa Universities, the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka and Institute of Management of Sri Lanka.

He was also an examiner and moderator at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He also has served as a Member of the Council of Sri Jayawardenapura University and Director, Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd.

Currently he is the Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee and Sovereign Rating Committee at the Central Bank. He has published widely on economics and banking both in Sri Lanka and abroad.

He has made a pioneering contribution to the establishment of Primary Dealer System in Sri Lanka and introduction of Treasury Bonds and Sri Lanka Development Bonds.

He is a graduate of Colombo University where he has obtained BCom and BPhil (Economics) securing first class honours and a Master's Degree in Economics from UK's Leeds University.