New Commerce DG

P.D. Fernando has been appointed as the new Commerce Director General to the Commerce Department. He succeeds Gomi T. Senadhira.

Fernando has over 32 years of experience in the Department.

His overseas postings include Sri Lankan Missions in Karachi, Japan, Germany, and Brussels as a trade commissioner, and in Dubai and Sydney as the Consul General for Sri Lanka.

Before joining the Commerce Department, he has served in Sri Lanka Customs from 1976 to 1979.

Minister Rishad Bathiudeen welcomed the new Director General of Commerce, who assumed duties on the same day. Outgoing DG, Gomi T. Senadira served the SL-DoC over the past 32 years and retired in November 2011.