CIMA board induction tomorrow

Dirk Pereira will be elected as the Chairman of the board at the board induction to be held tomorrow at the Cinnamon Grand.

Pereira is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He has over 15 years experience in the profession. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and holds an MBA from the Sri Jayewardenepura University.

Pereira is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Union Assurance PLC (UA). He previously served as its General Manager, Finance and Planning and Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Prior to UA he was at Eagle Insurance and Ernst and Young.

He joined the CIMA Sri Lanka Board in 2010 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2011. He also served as Chairman of the Branding and Leadership Committees.