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30A, Malalasekera Mawatha Colombo 07

18TH

DECEMBER 2015

THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (ELECTIONS) ORDER 1969

ELECTIONS TO COUNCIL - 18TH DECEMBER 2015

In terms of Clause 6(3) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Elections) Order, 1969, three lists containing the names in Alphabetical Order of the persons duly nominated for the Post of President, Vice President, and Members of Council, are given below.

LIST 1

Person Nominated for the Post of President Proposer Seconder

Wickremasinghe, Liyanage Talwatte, Asite Drupath Bandara Palihakkara, Uditha Harilal Lasantha Sadananda (Practising Accountant)

LIST 2

Persons Nominated for the Post of Vice President Proposer Seconder

Perera, Wannakuwatte Waduge Talwatte, Asite Drupath Bandara Nanayakkara, Vithanawasam Jagath Chandana Lal Chandra (Practising Accountant)

THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (ELECTIONS) ORDER 1969

ELECTIONS TO COUNCIL - 18TH DECEMBER 2015

LIST 3

Persons Nominated for the Post of Members of Council Proposer Seconder

Atukorala, Nishantha Kapila Talwatte, Asite Drupath Bandara Dharmarajah, Thiyagarajah (Practising Accountant)

Bandara, Singappuli Mudiyanselage Talwatte, Asite Drupath Bandara Mihular, Mohamed Reyaz Susantha Sanjaya

(Practising Accountant)

Fernando, Punya Kumar Wehalle, Harischandra Ananda Perera, Kulasekara Leslie (Not a Practising Accountant)

Fernando, Waduge Lalith Talwatte, Asite Drupath Bandara Nanayakkara, Vithanawasam Tasman Lal Chandra

(Not a Practising Accountant)

Jayasinghe, Indrajith Bandula Ratnayake, Ajith Surendra Dharmarajah, Thiyagarajah Dickson (Practising Accountant)

Jayesinghe, Hector Manil Anthony Mihular, Mohamed Reyaz Nanayakkara, Vithanawasam (Practising Accountant) Lal Chandra

Kananke Acharige, Thushari Menaka Dharmarajah, Thiyagarajah Sivanesan, Kanthimany Damayanthi (Not a Practising Accountant)

Kuruppu, Kuruppu Achchige Perera, Pathiranage Yohan Jayasekera, Jayasekera Arachchige

Heshana Srineth Panduka Mahendra (Not a Practising Accountant)

Munaweera, Somasiri De Silva, Nihal Sarath Chandra Kalupahana, Chandrasiri (Practising Accountant)

Perera, Salpadoru Tholkamudalige Talwatte, Asite Drupath Bandara Nanayakkara, Vithanawasam Dulitha Leelaratne Lal Chandra

(Practising Accountant)

Subasinghe, Tishan Harendranath Rajapakse, Sujeewa Mihular, Mohamed Reyaz (Practising Accountant)

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Lasantha Wickremasinghe

Lasantha Wickremasinghe has been a Council Member since 2006 and an active member of the Institute since 1996. He has both local and international experience and he is the present Chairman of Improvement in Transparency, Accountability & Governance Committee (ITAG) of South Asian Federation of Accountants. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board and Board member confederation of Asian and Pacific accountants And Technical advisor to the SAFA board member He currently serves as the Chairman Operations review committee, building committee. And new core information system development steering committee. He has a broad understanding of all the activities of the Institute having provided leadership to the National conference committee, Examination Committee, Annual Reports Awards Committee and Student Training & Development Committee. He has also been the Alternate Chairman of the Education & Library Committee. He was the Treasurer of the Organization of Professional Association during 2009 - 2010. Lasantha is a Partner of B. R. De Silva & Co. Chartered Accountants and he has been in practice since 1997. His experience spans the industry sectors of Banking, Finance, Insurance, Lotteries, Plantation, Manufacturing and Services. As the Chairman of the National Conference Committee, he introduced the Webcasting Concept enabling members around the world to complete mandatory CPD requirements. He has developed expertise in Technical areas by serving in 13 UITF Cases and reviewing & developing Accounting Standards. Under his guidance and direction, the practical training scheme was upgraded to be in line with the International Standards. He introduced the Members’ Foster Parents Scholarship Scheme for the needy students. The merit & needy based student scholarships were increased significantly. During his tenure as the Chairman of the Examinations Committee, he initiated marks of individual candidates to be released in all the examinations from March 2010; Introduced the CAB-I Computer based Business English-I paper from September 2011 and facilitated CAB-I & CAB-II examinations to be held in Jaffna from 2009. Lasantha was a member of the Core Technical Team, which developed the “Guideline for the presentation of Annual Reports 2002" and under his Chairmanship, the 2010 Guidelines for Presentation of Annual Reports was revised and published.

Panel of Judges Entrepreneur of the Year Award organized by FCCISL 2008 – 2011 Achievers Awards since 2008.

AAT Initiated the Annual Report Awards Competition for School Development Societies and setting up the AAT Library.

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1. NAME WICKREMASINGHE, LIYANAGE LASANTHA SADANANDA

2. AGE 51 Years

3. YEAR OF ADMISSION TO Associate

1996

Fellow

2004

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) FMAAT (AAT Sri Lanka)

5. SERVICE TO CA Sri Lanka AS: i. Member of Council

Member of Governing Council (CA Sri Lanka) 2006 - to date

Member of Governing Council (AAT) – CA Sri Lanka Nominee 2004 - 2007 ii. Chairman / Member of Committees

CA Sri Lanka Chairman Operational Review Committee 2014 – 2015 Chairman Building Committee 2014 – 2015 Chairman Project Steering Committee- new core information

system implementation project 2015 – to date

Chairman SAFA Committee for Improvement in Transparency Accountability and Governance

2009 – to date

Chairman SAFA Technical adviser to the board 2015 Chairman National Conference Committee 2012 – 2013 Chairman Examinations Committee 2010 – 2011 Chairman Annual Report Awards Committee 2008 – 2011 Chairman Student Training & Development Committee 2006 – 2009 Alternate Chairman Examinations Committee 2012 – 2013

2008 – 2009 Alternate Chairman Education and Library Committee 2006 – 2007 Board Member Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) 2016 – 2020 Member Operational Review Committee 2012 – 2013 Member Financial Reporting Standards Implementation and

Interpretation Committee 2013

Member Building Committee 2011 - 2013 Member Professional Conduct and Ethics Committee 2008 – 2013 Member Statutory Auditing Standards Committee 2009 – 2013 Member Urgent Issues Task Force (UITF) 2004 – 2013 Member Financial Reporting Faculty 2004 – 2013 Member Finance and Administration Committee 2008 – 2011 Member Academic Board of Studies of CA Sri Lanka 2008 – 2009

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Member ISQC 1 Committee 2008 Member Quality Assurance Committee 2008 – 2009 Coordinator Annual Report Awards Committee 1999 – 2005 Member Annual Report Awards Committee 1996 – 1998 Member IAS 19 Employee Benefits Steering Committee -

Committee to Review of Applicability of SLAS to Small Entities

1999 - 2000

Member Educations Committee 2000 – 2001 Sub-committee Member Ul'IF - Case No.43, 45, 52, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67, 68,

75,80,87,90 2001 – 2008

Sub-committee Member Review of International Auditing Practice Statement 2001 "The Special Considerations in the audit of small Entities"

2001

Sub-committee Member Review of Applicability of SLAUS to Small Entities

1999 – 2000

Steering Committee Member

Development of Accounting Standard for NGOs 2004 – 2005

Steering Committee Member Review of IFRS – 5 Non-current Assets held for sale and discontinued operations

2005

Steering Committee Member Review of IAS 40 2003 Steering Committee Member Development of Gratuity Formula and Retirement

Benefit Cost 2004

Member of Panel of Judges Annual Reports Awards Committee 2012 - 2013

Member of Panel of Judges SAFA BPA Awards 2009 – 2013 Member of Panel of Judges Ceylon National Chamber of Industries – Achievers

Awards 2008 – 2013

Member of Panel of Judges Entrepreneur of the year Award organized by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL)

2008 – 2011

Member of Panel of Judges Sri Lanka - Malaysia Business Awards 2005 – 2009 Member of Panel of Judges Best Corporate Governance Disclosures Committee 2003 – 2005

2006 – 2008 Member of Management Evaluation Panel

Management Discussion and Analysis Awards 2007 – 2009

AAT

Chairman Education & Training Committee 2004 – 2005 Chairman News Letter & Library Committee 2006 – 2007 Alternate Chairman Examinations Committee 2004 – 2005

2006 – 2007 Member Audit Committee 2004 - 2005

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iii. Panelist

Seminar On Capital Market Growth and Financial Reporting 2005

National Conference 2001

Capital Market Growth & Financial Reporting 2006

Presentation on Sri Lanka Accounting Standards 3, 10 & 41

2006

iv. Regional Conferences / Seminars

Chairman SAFA Best Annual Report Awards Competition held in India, Nepal, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka

2009 – to date

Institute Representative

Technical Evaluation Committee - Best Annual Report Awards, SAFA

2002 – 2003 2006 – 2009

v. Lecturer Writer / Presenter

Lecturer CA Sri Lanka 1998 – 1999 vi. Paper Writer / Presenter

Accounting Standards Seminar SLAS 37 – CA Sri Lanka 2003

Accounting Standards Seminar SLAS 30 – CA Sri Lanka 2001

Auditing Standards Seminar – CA Sri Lanka Seminar for SLAUS - 5 1999 & 2001

SLAuS 230 Documentation and SLAuS 505 External Confirmations at the Auditing Standards Seminar Series

2006

vii. Other Positions held Treasurer Organization of Professional Association (OPA) 2008 – 2009

2009 – 2010

Asst. Treasurer Organization of Professional Association (OPA) 2007 - 2008

6. DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT

Present Employment

Partner B. R. De Silva & Co. Chartered Accountants 1997 – to date

Previous Employment Record

Audit Manager B. R. De Silva & Co. Chartered Accountants 1995 – 1997

Audit Executive B. R. De Silva & Co. Chartered Accountants 1992 – 1994

Audit Trainee B. R. De Silva & Co. Chartered Accountants 1987 – 1992

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Jagath Perera

Jagath served as a Member of the Council since 2010. He Chairs the Examination Committee and SMP Task Force. Also the alternate Chairman ORC. Jagath was the Chairman Student Training and Dev. & Alternate Chairman Examination Committee. Also currently a board member of Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board.

Embarked on several initiatives: Examination Implemented Examination Taxonomy, Expedited releasing of results, Conducted Revised Tuition

Program for Corporate level students, Presented Post results status to lecturer. Provided Breakdown of marks, Introduced Mock Examinations with results and Webinars. Published “suggested answers”, as well as guidelines, examiner comments, suggested answers

and performance reports regarding CA Case Study, Shared suggested answers with lecturers. Analyzed results by question for examiners, Training for Examiners & Conducted Examinations

overseas centers. Training and Development Awareness and publicity for current Training Partner, Organized Workshops for effective trainee

assessments for members, Conducted survey among Existing Training Partners, Conducted workshop on “Supervising Member as a Mentor and a leader”.

Performed Training needs analysis, and Proactively Assessed Strategic Level Trainees, Proactively evaluated Potential Training Partners.

SMP Capacity Building Conducted Train the Trainer program for case study on SME Audits, Rolled out Interactive

case study on SME Audits, Organized SMP forums in regions. Jagath is a member of several committees including Operations Review, Corporate Governance, Member Relations, Student Training, Education & Curriculum Development, Audit Faculty, Exemptions & Reciprocal Arrangements and World Bank Project. He is a member of SMPs, Anti-Corruption and also the Professional Ethics and Independence Committees of SAFA. Jagath represented Maldives delegation at SAFA Conference in 2000. Jagath was a presenter at SAFA-IFAC Regional SMP Forum held in India and also was a presenter at SAFA Training Session held in the Maldives. His other contributions to the profession include articles published on “White Collar Crimes”, “Corporate Governance Survey”. Also made paper presentation on “Forensic Audit and TOR for Forensic Auditor”, Zeroing in on Fraud and “Risk and Risk Mitigation Strategies for Hospitality Industry”. He is a fellow member of the Institute and graduate of BSc. (Business Administration) from USJ. He is also a member of Institute of Internal Auditors and a Certified Fraud Examiner of USA. Jagath is a Partner at KPMG Sri Lanka since 2001. He is the Partner in charge of Maldives, Galle & Hambantota Branches. Presently he Heads Risk Consulting in Sri Lanka and Heads Forensic services in South Asia Cluster of KPMG.

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ii. Chairman / Member of Committees

Chairman Examination Committee 2012 – 2015

Chairman Student Training and Development Committee 2010 – 2011

Chairman SMP Capacity Building Task Force 2014 - 2015

Chairman Sub-committee appointed to review and recommend the Minimum Allowances to Trainees of the Institute

2011

Chairman Sub-Committee appointed to revise Practical Training Guide of the Institute

2008 -2009

Alternate Chairman Examination Committee 2010 – 2011

Alternate Chairman Operations Review Committee 2014 - 2015

Member Finance & Administration Committee/ Operations Review Committee

2010 – 2013

Member Corporate Governance Committee 2010 – 2011

Member Member Relations Committee 2010 -2011

Member CA Sri Lanka Foundation 2011

Member Student Training and Development Committee 2000 – 2009

1. NAME PERERA, WANNAKUWATTE WADUGE JAGATH CHANDANA

2. AGE 53 Years


1988

Fellow

2002

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA FCMA (Sri Lanka) B.Sc (Bus. Admin) Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) - USA Member Institute of Internal Auditors of USA

5. SERVICE TO CA SRI LANKA AS: i. Member of Council

2010-2015

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) Nominee Board member of Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board (SLAASMB) an institute governed under Ministry of Finance

2015 to date

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) Nominee Board member of the Governing Council of Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technology Education (SLIATE), an institute governed by the Ministry of Higher Education

2010-2015

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Member Student Training and Development Committee 2012 – 2015

Member Brand Development, Corporate Communications and Student Promotion Committee

2012 – 2013

Member Steering Committee for the World Bank Project 2012 – 2015 Member Audit Faculty 2012 – 2013 Member Education & Curriculum Development Committee Task

Force 2012 – 2015

Member Exemptions & Reciprocal Arrangements Task Force 2012 – 2015 Member Curriculum Development Sub-committee 2012 – 2015 Member Sub-committee appointed for Recognition and Rewarding

of Training Organizations under Student Training and Development Committee

2012 – 2013

Member Sub-committee appointed for Revision of Practical Training Guidelines of the Institute under Student Training and Development Committee

2012 – 2013

Member Steering Committee for Implementation of New Core Information System for the CA Sri Lanka

2014 – 2015

Member Small and Medium Practitioners Committee of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA)

2014 – 2015

Member Task Force to Develop Strategy to Combat Corruption in SAARC Region under SAFA

2014 – 2015

Member Professional Ethics and Independence Committee of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA)

2015

iii. Regional Conferences/Seminars

Member Delegation of Maldives at the SAFA Conference 2000 iv. Publications

CA Sri Lanka Journal “White Collar Crimes” 2002

Publication Assisted Corporate Governance Survey on practices and development in Corporate Governance in Sri Lanka

2007

v. Presentations

“Who is the typical fraudster” for the Bank Auditors’ Forum

2010

Forensic Audit and Terms of Reference for Forensic Auditor” for the legal officers of Attorney General’s Department and members of the

Permanent Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption under the guidance of Asian Development Bank

2011

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“Risk and Risk Mitigation Strategies for Hospitality Industry” under the industry specific seminars conducted by audit faculty of CA Sri Lanka

2013

“Zeroing in on Fraud – Is enough being done” for the workshop conducted by Sri Lanka branch of the Chartered Management Institute

2013

Presentation on “Office Management for Small and Medium Sized Practices” for the training session conducted by SAFA in the Maldives

2014

Presentation on “Global & Regional Trends and Development Impacting SMPs” for the SAFA-IFAC Regional SMP Forum held in New Delhi, India

2014

Panelist/Presenter for the “Anti-Money Laundering Summit -2015” held in Colombo organized by Fintelekt (part of SP Media Pvt. Ltd), India

2015

vi. Other positions held Member

Audit Committee of Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technology Education (SLIATE), an institute governed by the Ministry of Higher Education

2010 - 2013

Chairman Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka – Maldives Branch

1994 - 1998


Since 2001 Partner at KPMG – Sri Lanka and the Partner in Charge of KPMG Maldives - Branch. He is also the Partner in Charge of KPMG Galle and Hambantota Branches. Presently he is the head of Risk Consulting and responsible for setting up of Forensic Service line in KPMG Sri Lanka and also Head of Forensic Services for South Asia Cluster of KPMG. From 1996 to 2001, he was the Resident Partner of the Maldives Branch of KPMG. He was also seconded to First Education and Training Project of the Maldives, a project funded by International Development Association (IDA - World Bank) as financial consultant/Specialist from 1990-1992 Since 2007, he represented as a Quality Performance Lead Partner (QPLP) of Advisory function of KPMG in Sri Lanka and Maldives. He also performed as Quality Performance Lead Reviewer/Reviewer for Audit and Advisory functions within Middle East and South Asia (MESA) Region of KPMG since 2003. During 2007, coordinated between SAFA and Auditor General’s Office of the Maldives in order to

set up a professional accounting association in the Maldives and supported their initiatives.

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Kapila Atukorala

Kapila Atukorala at present serves on Financial Reporting Standards Implementation and Interpretation Committee, Financial Reporting Faculty and SLFRS Education Committee of CA Sri Lanka. He has functioned as Sector Co-ordinator and Alternate Chairman for Annual Report Awards committee and participated in annual report marking of SAFA region, representing CA Sri Lanka. Kapila has actively engaged in curriculum development and syllabus revision activities of CA Sri Lanka since 1999. Further he has been a lecturer at private tuition colleges for more than 20 years for CA Sri Lanka Students and has actively engaged in CA Sri Lanka student promotion activities. He has presented several Sri Lanka Accounting Standards at seminars organized by CA Sri Lanka in Colombo and Outstations. Kapila authored the toolkit issued by CA Sri Lanka in 2005 to assist NGOs engaged in tsunami relief activities in Sri Lanka. He has served as a member of the committee that developed SLFRS for Smaller Entities that was launched in October 2015. Kapila has over 20 years experience in practice and industry with exposure to development banking, finance, manufacturing, education, business valuation, accounting, assurance and taxation.

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1. NAME ATUKORALA, NISHANTHA KAPILA

2. AGE 51 Years


1995

Fellow

2008

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) ACMA (CMA - Sri Lanka)

5. SERVICES TO CA SRI LANKA AS:

i. Chairman / Member of Committees

Alternate Chairman Annual Report Awards Committee

2011

Member Financial Reporting Standards Implementation and Interpretation Committee

2014 - 2015

Member Financial Reporting Faculty 2014 - 2015

Member SLFRS Education Committee 2014-2015

Member Sub-Committee developed SLFRS for Smaller Entities

2015

ii. Other contributions to the Profession

Authored the toolkit issued by CA Sri Lanka in 2005 to assist NGOs engaged in tsunami relief activities in Sri Lanka.

6. DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Partner – Kreston MNS & Co.

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Sanjaya Bandara

S. M. S. Sanjaya Bandara has been a member of the council since 2012. At present he serves as chairman of the member relations committee. He is also the alternate chairman of the Education, curriculum review & development task force and student training and development committee. Sanjaya has been a resource person and the course leader of the workshops conducted by CA Sri Lanka for TOP CA case study examination since 2010, and has personally guided many students to complete case study examination and become Chartered Accountants. He played a vital role in developing new curriculum (2015) of CA Sri Lanka and was a resource person in developing content of accounting & auditing pillars. Further he was the local reviewer of new study texts prepared for corporate and business levels of the new syllabus. Sanjaya has been a regular presenter at the seminars and workshops conducted by CA Sri Lanka on Sri Lanka Accounting Standards (LKAS / SLFRS) and Sri Lanka auditing standards and awareness sessions on marking process of annual report marking. Recently he was involved in training 100 accountants in “Bhutan” on application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). At present he provides his services to public sector wing of CA Sri Lanka (APFA) to train accounting staff of government institutions on application of Sri Lanka Public Sector Accounting Standards. As Chairman of the member relation committee he introduced a programme targeting developing soft skills and leadership skills of new members in 2014 where around 200 new members were trained under this programme. Further members guide book was compiled and published which includes most of the essential information members need to know about the institute and profession. In addition several activities such as CAPL cricket match, members quiz night were organized to facilitate networking among members. Further job bank and discount scheme offering discounts for members in hospitality, book shops were also introduced. Sanjaya has been an active member of the student training and development committee. He was chairman of the subcommittees appointed to develop new training curriculum (2015) and guidelines for training assessments. Sanjaya is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He holds B.Sc (Accountancy) Special degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and MBA from university of Colombo. Sanjaya is the technical partner of B.R De Silva & Co, Chartered Accountants and counts over 17 years of experience in practice.

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1. NAME BANDARA, SINGAPPULI MUDIYANSELAGE SUSANTHA SANJAYA

2. AGE 40 Years


2002

Fellow

2010

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) B.Sc (Accountancy) Spe. Hons (Sri J’ Pura) MBA (Colombo)

5. SERVICE TO CA SRI LANKA AS:

i. Member of the Council

Member of the Council

2012 – 2015


Chairman Member Relation Committee 2014 – 2015

Chairman Training and Development Subcommittee appointed to Develop new training curriculum (2015)

2014 – 2015

Chairman Subcommittee appointed to Developing guidelines for Student assessments

2014

Alternate Chairman Education, Curriculum review and Development task force

2012 – 2015

Alternate Chairman Student training and development Committee 2012 – 2015

Member Financial Reporting standards interpretation and Implementation Committee

2014 – 2015

Member IFRS Implementation Task Force 2013

Member Exemptions and reciprocal arrangement committee 2012 – 2015

Member Student Training and Development committee 2006 – 2011

Coordinator Annual report awards Committee 2008 – 2015

Member National Conference Committee 2012 – 2013

Member SLFRS Education Committee 2014 – 2015

Member Urgent Issues Task Force 2010 – 2012

Member Education Committee 2008 – 2009

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iii. Paper Writer / Presenter

Was a training facilitator for five day training program on IFRSs organized by the Accounting & Auditing Standards Board of Bhutan (2015)

Presenter – Accounting standards seminar series 2015 (LKAS 12)

Presenter - Accounting Standards Seminar Series 2014 [LKAS 21 and LKAS 37]

Presenter - Auditing Standards Seminar Series 2014 [SLAuS 500 and SLAuS 501]


Presenter - Auditing Standards Seminar Series 2012 [SLAuS 240]


Presenter - Auditing Standards Seminar Series 2011 [SLAuS 240]

Presenter – Accounting Standards Seminar Series 2008,2009,2010

Presenter – Awareness Sessions on Annual Report Marking Process iv. Other contributions to the profession

Academic Work

Resource person and Course leader of the TOP CA Case study workshops organized by CA Sri Lanka, since 2010

Resource person for content development of new Curriculum 2015

Resource person for review of Study texts – Curriculum 2015

Reviewer of the Practice & Revision kits of new syllabus 2015

Resource person for answer Discussion - Rehearsal exam -2013

Resource person for awareness sessions conducted on new curriculum 2015 and open book examination

Model paper setter for rehearsal examination conducted in 2013 for Auditing and Advanced financial reporting (AFR) papers at strategic level

Resource person for revising CAB I and CAB II (Accounting) study texts in line with the new Accounting standards introduced in 2012

Resource person for the Webinars conducted by CA Sri Lanka for S II / Corporate Level Auditing and Advanced Financial Reporting Papers.

Contribution to Public Sector Wing of CA Sri Lanka

Contributed as a resource person for the following training program conducted by CA Sri Lanka to train the public sector accountants on application of Sri Lanka Public sector Accounting Standards (SLPSAS).

SLPSAS training for University Bursars and Assistant Bursars (2015)

SLPSAS training for Accountants of Local Government of Western province (2015)

SLPSAS training for Accountants of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) (2014)

SLPSAS training for Accountants of Western provincial Council (2014)

SLPSAS training for financial professionals in public sector (2014)

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Technical

Was chairman of the sub committees appointed by the IFRS implementation task force / UITF on “Rate regulated activities” and “Consolidation of financial statements”

Was a member of sub committees appointed by UITF / IFRS implementation task force on technical matters relating to application of IFRS / SLAS.

Training

Resource Person for the VIVA voce presentations and training assessments organized by the training division

Was a Resource Person for the workshop organized by the training division for supervising members on “Mentoring students undergoing training”.

Was a resource person for the workshop organized by the training division for members assessing adequacy of students undergoing training.

iv. Other Positions held

Visiting Lecturer of the Department of Accounting of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Since 2008

Visiting Lecturer of the University of Kelaniya Committee member of Organization of Professional Association (OPA)


Technical partner of B.R.De Silva & Co, Chartered Accountants since 2004

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Kumar Fernando

Kumar was born in 1943, during the Second World War, and according to his mother, he arrived at Brooklyn, before the doctor. His dad was then the Air-Raid Warden for Ambalangoda. Kumar was educated at Trinity College, Kandy, and S.Thomas College, Mt.Lavinia. He was Captain of under 17 and second fifteen Rugby, Secretary of the Geographical Society, representative of his form to Drama Society and Member of the Electoral body of the Senior Debating Society. He represented the school in Basket-Ball (juniors). He was also a member of the Junior Cadet Platoon.

Kumar served his articles, at Alles, Martins and went on to be a qualified assistant, at Ford, Rhodes. He was a founder member of the Institute Benevolent Society and being a lawyer’s son,

was able to obtain a copy of the Ceylon Lawyers Benevolent Association constitution. He contributed articles to the Institute Journal, including an appreciation to Mr. D.S. de Silva a former Auditor General, also a product of Ambalangoda. Kumar took a keen interest the marking of the student’s examination papers, in Commercial Law and Business Communication. As a student,

he encountered fraud at the Police Inspectors Mess, Bambalapitiya. Kumar’s first overseas break, was in 1974 to Zambia, where he worked as Accountant, Municipality in the Copper Belt. He witnessed the start and finish of the Tanzam Railway. His efforts at computerizing the bank reconciliation statement, was greatly appreciated by the students. He took the opportunity to visit Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya.and Uganda, where he met a number of Institute members, and former, director of Studies, Mr. Benedict at Dar-Es-Salaam. Kumar’s second overseas break, took him to Malaysia, where he worked as Lecturer, School of

Accountancy., ITM. Shah-Alam, covering the D.I.A., M.A.C.P.A., C.I.M.A., C.I.S.A. and B.B.A. (OHIO)), courses. He invited the former Auditor General, Mr.Wjayasuriya (Who was in transit) to a luncheon meeting with the Director MARA and other Accountancy Lecturers. He attended the second Asean Federation of Accountants meeting in Singapore.

On his return home, he worked at Joe Muttus, which took him to the North-East, during a particular turbulent time. The Audit report covered, sale of Goods Act, Arbitration Act and International Court of Justice, Singapore. (Commercial Arbitration).

In an earlier Annual Report, he had queried why Sri-Lanka with the largest contingent, was not reflected in the World Map. At the 2014 AGM, his references to Good Governance went unchallenged.

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1. NAME FERNANDO, PUNYA KUMAR

2. AGE 72 Years


1971

Fellow

1981

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka)



Member Library Committee 2012

Member Education Committee 2011

Member Company Law and Other Legislation Committee 1972

Member Member Journal Committee 1972

ii. Other Positions held Hony. Originating Member (Sri-Lanka) for Cover Collectors Circuit Club, U.S.A. http://www.covercollectors.org


Consultant Brooklyn, Ambalangoda 2005 - 2015

Audit Manager Joe. Muttupulle & Co. Colombo 1995 - 2004

Director Finance Central Cultural Fund, Colombo 1991 - 1992

Lecturer Mara Institute of Technology, Shah-Alam, Malaysia

1979 - 1982

Accountant Municipality, Chingola, Zambia 1974 – 1977

Audit Assistant Ford, Rhodes, Thornton &Co. Colombo

1971 - 1972

Articled Clerk Alles, Martin & Co. Colombo 1963-1968

http://www.covercollectors.org/

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Lalith T. Fernando

Lalith T. Fernando was appointed to the Governance & Audit Committee of the Institute in 2008 and functions as Secretary of the Committee to-date. He also served on many other Committees including Education & Training, National Conference Technical Committee, Finance and Administration Committee in the previous years. He was instrumental in promoting non-audit sector training institutions for strategic level training. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Finance Process Transformation sub Committee in 2012. Lalith has contributed to the examination activities of the Institute at a senior level. He also served as a Member of the ‘ROSC’ Committee on ”Development

of Professional Accountancy Organizations in Sri Lanka” under a World Bank Project during 2014-2015.

Currently he serves on the Operations Review Committee, Risk Management Committee and CA Sri Lanka Annual Report Compilation Task Force. Lalith was appointed to the Council of AATSL in 2010 by the Council of CA Sri Lanka and was appointed as the Vice President in 2012. He was inducted as the 8th President of AATSL in 2014. He is also a fellow member the ICMA Sri Lanka. He has presented papers in Risk Management, Quality Assurance at various forums including that of National Conference of Institute of Internal Auditors, Risk Management Conference by ICMA Sri Lanka. He also participated in Board meetings of CAPA and the Council meetings of IFAC during 2014 – 2015. He was also a delegate of the World Congress of Accountants held in Rome in 2014. His lecturing experience counts over 12 years as a Visiting Lecturer in Accounting, Financial Management, Monetary and Financial systems in Universities and Bankers College. Currently he is a visiting lecturer in Accounting at the University of Colombo, for Accounting. Lalith is an alumni of Ananda College Colombo and Holds double Masters – MBA from the PIM, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Master of Financial Economics from the University of Colombo. He has over 24 years of working experience in auditing/consultancy, accounting and tax, corporate finance and treasury, corporate planning, customer service, project management, facilities and general management in diversified sectors including manufacturing, banking, utility, software development, and telecommunication sectors both locally and overseas. He commenced his professional career at Ernst & Young in 1991. Currently functions as the Group Business Controller of Dialog Axiata Plc (Senior Vice-President). He also held the positions of Acting Group CFO, Group Financial Controller, and Chief Internal Auditor during 2006 – 2015.

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1. NAME FERNANDO, WADUGE LALITH TASMAN

2. AGE 48 Years


1997

Fellow

2008

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) FCMA (CMA – Sri Lanka) FMAAT (AAT Sri Lanka) MBA (PIM – University of Sri Jayewardenepura) MBA (Financial Economics) - Colombo


i. Member of Council

President AATSL President appointed by CA Sri Lanka 2014 - 2015

Vice President AATSL Vice President appointed by CA Sri Lanka 2012 - 2013

Member Member of the Council of AATSL appointed by CA Sri Lanka

2010 - 2011

Participated in IFAC Council meeting representing AATSL 2014 - 2015

Participated in CAPA Board meetings and the AGM

2014 - 2015


Chairman Finance Process Transformation sub Committee 2012 – 2013

Member / Secretary Governance & Audit Committee 2008 – 2015

Member Operational Review Committee 2014 – 2015

Member ROSC Steering Committee under the World Bank Project on “Development of Professional Accountancy Organizations in Sri Lanka”

2014-2015

Member Risk Management committee 2012 – 2013 2014 – 2015

Member CA Sri Lanka Annual report compilation Task Force 2014 – 2015

Member Finance & Administration Committee 2010 – 2011 2012 – 2013

2012 – 2013

Member Education and Training Committee -Member 2008 – 2009 2010 – 2011

Member National Conference Technical Committee

2008 – 2009

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iii. Examination Related Work High level involvement with Examination activities during 2008 - 2010

iv. Paper Presenter

Papers presented Internal audit QAR - at the IIA National Conference 2012

“Risk management” - at the “Internal Control and Risk

Management Conference’ by CMA Oct. 2009

Risk Based Internal Audit and Quality Assurance program at Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Sept. 2009

v. Other contributions to the profession

Visiting Lecturer:

University of Moratuwa Accounting for BSc-IT 2003/2004

Bankers College (IBSL) Monetary & Financial Systems - Financial Management

Risk Financing & Management

2006-2010

University of Colombo Accounting for Masters in Financial Economics since 2013

Function as a Supervising Member for CA non-audit sector strategy level training at Dialog Axiata Plc.


Current

Group Business Controller (Snr. Vice President) Dialog Axiata PLC 2006 to-date

Previous

Acting Group Chief Financial Officer - Dialog Axiata PLC

Group Financial Controller - Dialog Axiata PLC

Group Chief Internal Auditor - Dialog Axiata PLC

Head- Financial Process Off-shore - Virtusa Sri Lanka

Senior Manager Finance - Nations Trust Bank

Manager Finance - Male’ Water & Sewerage Co.

Financial Accountant - National Development Bank

Audit Supervisor - Ernst &Young

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I B D Jayasinghe

Indrajith Bandula Dickson Jayasinghe has served the committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka namely, SMP Building Capacity Task Force Committee, Member Relation Committee, Accounting Standards Committee, Continuing Professional Education Committee, Company Law & Other Legislations Committee, Taxation Committee, Public Sector Accounting and Auditing Committee, Information Technology Committee, Award for the Best Corporate Reports & Accounts Committee, Education Curriculum Development & Library Committee, Journal Committee, Membership Welfare and Service Committee, Student Training & Development Committee, and Education Committee. He served as a Study group leader at the 11th National Conference in 1990.He served as a marking examiner for Annual Report Award Competition from 1990 to 1997, 2010 & 2011. He has also served as a lecturer for Licentiate examination in 1995. He has recommended proposal for the physical conduct of the examination and marking of answer scripts, most of them implemented and appreciated by the examination committee in 1995. He is given an immense service to the Institute as an Examination Supervisor/ Chief Examination Supervisor from 1982 to 2011. He served as a marking examiner from 1986 to 2009 March examination. Since then he served as co-ordinator for marking examination until 2011 December. He is serving as President of the Practicing Chartered Accountant Forum of Sri Lanka. He served as Hon. Treasurer of Young Chartered Accountant Forum in 1984 (the first forum of the young accountants with participation of Chartered Accountants without age barriers)

Mr. Jayasinghe a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCA), He also possesses Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Financial Administration conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka in association with the Department of Management Studies of the University of Wageningeen, Holland.(P G Dip in BFA)

He has more than 30 years experience in practice and industry exposure to finance, project planning, taxation, marketing, general management and administration both in Sri Lanka and overseas. His experience spans the industry sector of banking and finance, manufacturing, leisure industry and construction.

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1. NAME JAYASINGHE, INDRAJITH BANDULA DICKSON

2. AGE 65 Years


1982

Fellow

1988

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) P G Dip in BFA (CA Sri Lanka)


i. Member of Committees

Member SMP Capacity Building Task Force 2014 – 2015

Member Member Relation Committee 2000 – 2001 2014 – 2015

Member Marking Examiner –Annual Report Award Competition

1990 – 1997 2010 – 2011

Member Education Committee 2000 – 2003

Member Student Training & Development Committee 2000

Member Award for the Best Corporate Reports & Accounts Committee

1990 – 1997

Member Education Curriculum Development & Library Committee

1994 – 1995

Member Journal Committee 1994 – 1995

Member Membership Welfare and Service Committee 1994 – 1995

Member Public Sector Accounting and Auditing Committee 1990 – 1991

Member Information Technology Committee 1990 – 1991

Member Taxation Committee 1986 – 1987 1992 – 1993

Member Accounting Standards Committee 1984 – 1985

Member Company Law & Other Legislations Committee 1984 – 1985

Member Continuing Professional Education Committee 1984

ii. Lecturer at CA Sri Lanka

Serve as a lecturer for Licentiate examination in 1995.

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iii. Examination Related Work

Serve as an Examination Supervisor since 1982 up to creation of Chief Examination Supervisors’ panel.

Serve as a Chief Examination Supervisor since then until 2011 December. Recommended proposal for the physical conduct of the examination and marking of answer

scripts, most of them implemented and appreciated by the examination committee in 1995. Marking examiner from 1986 to 2009 March examination. Coordinator for marking examination since 2009 March to 2011 December.


Hon. President Practicing Chartered Accountant Forum Since 2013

Study group leader 11th National Conference 1990

Hon. Treasurer Young Chartered Accountant Forum 1984 6. DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT: Position Organization Period

Managing Partner I B D Jayasinghe & Co since Oct. 2000 Chief Partner Sept. 1982 – Sept. 2000

Financial Controller Mubarakia Marine Services Company

March 2006 – Feb. 2007

Chief Internal Auditor Air Lanka Catering Services Ltd.

March 1993 – Sept. 2000

Head of the Personnel & Administration (In addition to the substantive post.)

March 1995 – Aug. 1995

Head of the Stores & Purchases (In addition to the substantive post)

Oct. 1999 – Sept.2000

Chief Internal Auditor State Distilleries Corporation

Nov. 1983 – Feb. 1993

Head of the Personnel & Administration. (In addition to the substantive post.)

Dec.1986 – Aug. 1988

Group Financial Accountant Dasa Group of Companies April 1983 – Oct. 1983

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Manil Jayesinghe

Hector Manil Anthony Jayesinghe (Manil) born on 2nd January 1963 (age 52 years) joined Ernst & Young in the year 1981 as an Accounts Trainee and was promoted to the Managerial Level in the year 1989 and was admitted to the Partnership in 1993. In the year 1993 was admitted as an Associate Member and in 2006 was admitted as a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. In 1995 was admitted as a Fellow Member of the Institute of Management Accountants of UK. In 2015 obtained Membership of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA). Appointed as a member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka in 2013 and has served on many committees prior to and subsequent of the appointment. At present serves as the Chairman of the Education, Curriculum Review and Development Task Force and Student Training and Development Committee, and Alternate Chairman of the Statutory Accounting Standards Committee, audit faculty and the Financial reporting Faculty. Previously was the alternate chairman of the UITF and chaired several subcommittees. Also serving as a member of many committees as given in the detailed profile. Presenter at the seminars conducted by CA Sri Lanka for SLAS and SLAuS Auditing and Accounting standards, Trainer facilitator for Bhutan Accounting & Auditing standards Board, facilitator for Maldives Auditor General’s office for briefing for CFO’s and Finance Directors of

State owned enterprises, PLCs and private companies, marking process of the Annual Reports on Corporate Governance, Panel of Judges at the Annual Reports Awards Competition. Presented papers at the CA Sri Lanka Annual Conferences in addition to being a panellist. Judge of the CIMA Technical Paper Competition and CIMA Business Case Awards, and serves as a Consultant to many Audit Committees. In the past served on several listed company boards as a director. Presently, Head of Assurance/Senior Partner, Professional Practice Director, in charge of Banking and Financial Services practice of Ernst & Young, Sri Lanka, counting over 30 years of extensive experience. Head of the IFRS Desk in Sri Lanka, reporting to the Area IFRS Desk based in Hong Kong. Serving as the Lead Engagement Partner for IFRS impact assessment/ implementation projects currently on going in many local banks and financial service organizations. Also Partner in charge of the Technical Committee.

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1. NAME JAYESINGHE, HECTOR MANIL ANTHONY

2. AGE 52 Years


1993

Fellow

2006

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) FCMA (CMA Sri Lanka) Member (CIPFA)


i. Chairman / Member of Committees Chairman Education, Curriculum Review and Development Task Force 2012 – 2015

Chairman Student Training and Development Committee 2014 – 2015

Chairman Audit Faculty 2010 –2011

Alternate Chairman Statutory Accounting Standards Committee

2013 – 2015

Alternate Chairman UITF committee - Chaired Sub-Committees on implementing IFRS for finance companies / Unit Trust and LKAS 32/39 for companies

2002 – 2006 2009 – 2011

Member Examination Committee 2004 – 2015

Member Operational Review Committee 2014-2015

Member Statutory Auditing Standards Committee 2006 - 2015

Member Financial Reporting Faculty

2004 - 2015

Member Financial Reporting Standards Implementation and Interpretation Committee (Formerly known as UITF Committee)

2013 - 2015

Member Audit Faculty

1997 - 2015

Member Committee Developing Statement of Alternative Treatment (SOAT) for right to use of land on Lease

2012 - 2015

Member IFRS implementation Committee for Plantation sector

2012 - 2015

Member SAFA committee on Education, Training and CPD

2012 - 2015

Member Board of Management of the School of Accounting and Business. 2013 - 2015

Member Statutory Accounting Standards Committee 2006 - 2013

Member Member of Panel of Judges

UITF Annual Reports Awards competition

1996 - 2013

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ii. Paper Writer / Presenter / Trainer

Presenter at the seminars conducted by CA Sri Lanka for SLAS and SLAuS Auditing and Accounting standards

Trainer facilitator for Bhutan Accounting & Auditing standards Board

Facilitator for Maldives Auditor General’s office for briefing on IFRS for CFO’s and

Finance Directors of State owned enterprises, PLCs and private companies

Presented papers at the CA Sri Lanka Annual Conferences and been a panelist

iii. Other Positions held at CIMA Sri Lanka

Judge of CIMA Business Case Awards 2011 – 2013 Member of the Board 2010 – 2012 Chairman of Accounting Standards Study Group 2010 – 2012 Chairman of the Technical Committee 2010 - 2011 Presenter of IFRS Programmes

Judge of CIMA Technical Paper Competition 2009 – 2010

iv. Other contributions to the profession

Was a Director of several listed companies Consultant to Audit Committees


Head of Assurance/Senior Partner, Professional Practice Director, in charge of Banking and Financial Services practice of Ernst & Young, Sri Lanka, counting over 30 years of extensive experience.

Head of the IFRS Desk in Sri Lanka, reporting to the Area IFRS Desk based in Hong Kong.

Serving as the Lead Engagement Partner for IFRS impact assessment/ implementation projects currently on going in many local banks and financial service organizations.

Also Partner in charge of the Technical Committee.

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Menaka Damayanthi

Menaka Damayanthi became an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka in 2004 and is presently a fellow member of the Institute holding a MBA from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She has been a member of many Committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Sri Lanka Further she has been serving as an Examiner of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Sri Lanka for a period of 10 years. During which period she served as an Additional Supervisor, Chief Supervisor and as an Examiner to the Examinations. She also functions as a Marking Examiner to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka since 2006. Menaka as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka having over 15 years of experience in the industry with exposure to finance, taxation, general management and strategic Management. Her experience spans the industry sectors of Trading, Shipping, Logistic, Banking, Retailing, Construction and Freight Forwarding. Menaka started her Professional career at Manoharan & Sangakkara and joined PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the year 2000. The experience and exposure gained while working at PriceWaterhouseCoopers has enabled her to ascertain specific accounting needs and to recommend, develop and maintain solutions to complex business and financial issues. During the period 2011 to 2013 she has engaged her services in the mega development projects of the Country initiated by the Government of Sri Lanka such as the Race Course. Independence Arcade, Gold Centre and the Wetland Park projects. She has displayed her efficiency by assisting in implementing and expediting the projects following the specific Project procurement method and procedures. Menaka is presently the Chief Financial Officer of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka which is the Government body responsible for implementing the eSri Lanka Development initiative functioning under the purview of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure. The main thrust of the Agency is to set policy, guide and direct national ICT for development activities, Menaka has an overall experience spanning over 10 years as a Chartered Accountant in the industry, having served as the Director Finance of Urban Development Authority, Finance Manager at Sri Lanka Savings Bank, Head of finance at Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt) Ltd and Consultant – Internal Auditor to the Delmege Shipping Group.

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1. NAME KANANKE ACHARIGE, THUSHARI MENAKA DAMAYANTHI

2. AGE 42 Years


2004

Fellow

2013

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) MBA – USQ, Australia



Member Public Sector Accounting Standards Committee 2014 - 2015

Member Business School Committee 2012 - 2013

Shadow Coordinator - Banking Sector

Technical Committee of ‘Awards for the Best Corporate Reports’

2012

Member Technical Committee of ‘Awards for the Best Corporate Reports’

2011

Member Technical Committee of ‘Awards for the Best Corporate Reports’ 2007



ii. Examinations related work

Chief Supervisor Sept. 2011

Additional Supervisor 2006-2011

Workout examiner 2011

Marking Examiner Since 2006


Chief Financial Officer - ICT Agency of Sri Lanka

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Heshana Kuruppu

Heshana Kuruppu has been a Member of the Council since 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the National Conference Committee and Alternate Chairman of the Professional Accountants in Business Committee (PAIB). It is noteworthy to mention that the National Conference Committee allocated part of the corporate sponsorships for the first time, to the Student Scholarship Fund in year 2014 and 2015. Heshana also contributed to conceptualizing and implementing the first CA Sri Lanka Mentoring Program (Nurturing Aspirations) for newly qualified Chartered Accountants under PAIB Committee in the year 2015. He was appointed as the Pillar Head of the Module Content Development of Management Pillar. He was a Co-Patron of the Young Chartered Accountants Forum (YCAF) in year 2012/13. He has served in many committees such as Operational Review, Certified Business Accountants (CBA) Faculty, Building Committee, Student Development & Training committee, Chairman-Training Subcommittee on streamlining student assessment procedure. Heshana has been a resource person for workshops conducted by the CA Sri Lanka on Top CA case study examination since year 2010. He is a member of Panel of Industry Specialists appointed by Annual Report Award Committee since year 2006 and serves on the panel of judges in the years 2014/15. He has been a panellist at orientation seminars organized by the Student Training & Development Committee and member relation committee. He counts over 16 years of experience in both audit and the mercantile sectors having commenced his professional career at KPMG. He has gained diverse experience in multiple areas during his carrier such as financial management, corporate restructuring, strategic planning, operational management, lean management and general management. His experience spans the industry sectors of banking/finance and manufacturing. He was the Group Chief Financial Officer of First Capital Group from year 2006. Subsequently he joined a subsidiary of MAS Holdings as the Financial Controller in year 2008. He was elevated to the post of General Manager in year 2011. Currently he is serving as a General Manager of MAS Capital (Private) Limited. Heshana is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He holds a BSc Accountancy (Special) First Class degree from the Department of Accounting, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He has won several awards at the university for his outstanding performance. Heshana completed his MBA in Banking & Finance at the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), and Masters of Financial Economics at University of Colombo.

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1. NAME KURUPPU, KURUPPU ACHCHIGE HESHANA

2. AGE 40 Years


2003

Fellow

2009

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) B.Sc (Accountancy) Sp. 1st Class – University of Sri

J’ Pura MBA (Banking & Finance) – PIM MBA(Financial Economics) – Colombo ACMA (CMA - Sri Lanka)



Member of Council 2012 - 2015


Chairman National Conference Committee 2014 - 2015

Chairman Training and Development Sub-committee on Streamlining Student Assessment Procedure and Student Assessments

2013

Alternate Chairman Professional Accountant in Business Committee

2014 - 2015

Alternate Chairman National Conference Committee

2012 - 2013

Pillar Head Module Content Development of Management Pillar – Curriculum Revision 2015/2020

Year 2013

Coordinator Pilot paper development of Management Pillar under New Curriculum 2015 / 2020

2013

Council Nominated Patron Young Chartered Accountants Forum (YCAF) 2012- 2013 Alternate Chairman 34th National Conference Committee 2013 Alternate Chairman 33rd National Conference Committee 2012 Member Student Training & Development Committee 2012 - 2013 Member

Young Chartered Accountants Forum (YCAF) 2012- 2013

Member Building Committee

2012-2015

Member National Conference Technical Committee

2012-2015

Member Operational Review Committee

2014-2015

Member Audit Quality Assurance Subcommittee Member- Contact Center Subcommittee 2014-2015

2015

Member Task Force, undergraduate Students 2015

Member Contact Center Subcommittee

2014-2015

Member Project Steering Committee

2014-2015

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Member Student Training & Development Committee 2012 - 2013

Member New Training Curriculum Development (2015/2020) Sub-Committee

2012 - 2013

Member Certified Business School (CBA) Faculty 2013

Member 26th National Conference Committee 2005

Member 25th National Conference Committee 2004

iii. Presenter / Resource Person / Panelist

Resource person

Workshops conducted by the CA Sri Lanka for Top CA case study examinations

Nov. 2010 May & Nov. 2011 May & Nov. 2012 May & Nov. 2013 May & Nov.2014

March 2015

Panelist CA Sri Lanka orientation seminar for new members in year

2014 & 2015

Certificate /Strategic Level Training Assessment Intermediate/Final Level Training Assessment since 2011

Presenter Presentation on ‘PDCA Approach to Problem Solving’ at

National Lean Summit-2014, Ministry of Productivity Promotion.

2014

Presentation on ‘Employers Expectation from a Professional’ at

the Orientation Seminar Organized by the Student Training & Development Committee

Oct. 2010


Current

General Manager- Projects, MAS Capital (Private) Limited. Previous

General Manager – Trischel Fabric (Private) Limited, MAS Holdings. Group Chief Financial Officer – First Capital Group Director – First Capital Treasuries Limited (Primary Dealer Appointed by Central Bank) Audit Trainee / Supervisor – KPMG - Sri Lanka

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Somasiri Munaweera

Somasiri Munaweera is a fellow member of the Institute with over three decades of experience in the industry and practice in Sri Lanka and overseas. He is a Governing Council Member of AAT Sri Lanka. He was the President, CA Sri Lanka Members’ Benevolent Society (2010-2013) and his unique contribution to Benevolent Society as its President is to pioneer new activities at the society, among which notable are; regular bi-monthly guest lectures by experts from different fields followed by fellowship to build interaction among members; Family day outing at Villa Ocean,Wadduwa; AGM and Day outing at Pegasus Reef Hotel at Wattala; Sinhala & Hindu New Year Celebrations; Organizing medical camps and promoting and providing medical assistance for needy CA members; the Musical Event “Ranga Madalen Asunu Gee” organized as a relaxation and

enjoyment for members. He was the Alternate Chairman of Member Relations Committee of CA Sri Lanka – 2014/15 and organized variety of events and activities which contributed to enhancing engagement with members and catered to diverse interests of the membership. These events and activities reached many CA members, member families and friends. Committee was also involved in new member induction programs, convocations for FCAs and ACAs. Committee was also involved in developing a members’ guide which was a long felt need. Somasiri Munaweera holds a MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Colombo. He is a doctoral candidate of the Postgraduate Institute of Management of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. If I am elected my vision is primarily to focus to assist SME’s and our members who provides services to this sector (SMPs). Secondly having worked in the mercantile sector and understanding well the complexities financial personnel face there, support them in their needs and through improving the stature of CA Sri Lanka in this sector. From young days, being an Anandian, I know and believe in importance of our culture and professional ethics. I contribute to the Ananda College by being in the Executive Committee of OBA. I am proud to be an Alumni of Burah Hathy & Co., (Presently BDO Partners), Chartered Accountants, University of Colombo, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Postgraduate Institute of Management. Presently he functions as the Managing Partner, S. Munaweera & Co., Chartered Accountants, and as a director of Alumex Plc and Alufab Plc (Subsidiaries of Hayleys Plc.)

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1. NAME MUNAWEERA, SOMASIRI

2. AGE 55 Years

3. YEAR OF ADMISSION TO Associate 1990

Fellow 1995

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) FCMA (CMA Sri Lanka) FMAAT (AAT Sri Lanka) MBA (PIM) BCIS B.Com (Special) –Colombo Diploma in International Affairs Diploma in Commerce

5. SERVICE TO CA Sri Lanka AS:


President CA Sri Lanka Members’ Benevolent Society 2010 – 2013

Past President CA Sri Lanka Members’ Benevolent Society 2013 – 2014

Treasurer CA Sri Lanka Members’ Benevolent Society 2009 – 2010

Executive Committee Member

CA Sri Lanka Members’ Benevolent Society 2008 – 2009

2014 – 2015

Member Student Training & Development Committee 2004 – 2007

Member Taxation Committee 1992 – 1997

Member Journal & Publication Committee 1992 – 1993

Marking examiner CA Sri Lanka 1991-1995, 2013

ii. AAT Sri Lanka

Governing Council Member – 2015 Chairman – IT Committee iii. Other positions held Treasurer Sarasavi Mithuro, Aluminae of

University of Colombo 2006-07

Asst. Secretary Ananda College, OBA 2015-16 Ex-co Member Ananda College, OBA 2011-14

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Current

Managing Partner, S. Munaweera & Co., Chartered Accountants

Director – Alumex PLC (A subsidiary of Heyleys PLC)

Director – Alufab PLC (A subsidiary of Heyleys PLC)

Managing Director – Southern Management and Corporate Services (Private) Limited

Previous Employments

Group Finance Manager - McLarens Group of Companies

Accountant – Defense Ministry, Saudi Arabia

Audit Manager – BDO Partners, Chartered Accountants

Audit Supervisor / Audit Executive / Audit Trainee – BDO Partners, Chartered Accountants

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Dulitha Perera

Dulitha Perera is a fellow member of the Institute. He currently serves as the President of the Young Chartered Accountant’s Forum and Alternate Chairman of the Urban Schools & Non-Commerce Stream Student Promotions Committee. He also serves as a Sector Coordinator in the Annual Report Awards Committee, member of the Examination Committee and member of the National Conference Technical Committee. Dulitha has served as the Chairman of the National Conference Technical Committee during the year 2012 and 2013 and as a member of the Committee during the year 2014 and 2015. He continue to serve as a member of the panel of judges of Management Commentary Award of the Annual Report Awards Competition. During the period he gave leadership to National Conference Technical Committee, he was instrumental in taking the National Conference to wider local as well as global audience through introduction of webcast. He steered the team to attract eminent speakers at the conference to impart knowledge on wide variety of contemporary business, finance and work-life related topics. He also served as the Chairman of the Member Communication Sub-Committee of the Branding Committee during 2010 and 2011 while serving as a member of the Branding Committee during the same period. Dulitha has been involved in presentations both at CA Sri Lanka seminars and outside as a resource person. He presented “When Margins Matter” an evening presentation on the topic, focusing on cost and margin management in the context of modern business environments during 2013 and in 2014 he presented “Being the Best: Inside the Intelligent Finance Function” knowledge sharing

event, both organized by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) – UK’s Sri Lanka Branch.

Dulitha was also involved in presentations as part of training organized by the Center for Banking Studies of Central Bank of Sri Lanka for overseas Central Bank Officers during 2009 and 2010 on the topic, “Auditors Role in Supervising Banks”. Dulitha is a Partner at KPMG practice in Sri Lanka specializes in Risk and Management Consulting Services. He counts over 20 years of experience across Audit, Tax and Consulting services and has advised clients across diverse industries. He served an eight year term of which four years in the Industry and four years with KPMG practice in the Sultanate of Oman where he had hands-on involvement in the Risk & Finance function and also has carried out engagements for a number of multinationals.

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1. NAME PERERA, SALPADORU THOLKAMUDALIGE DULITHA LEELARATNE

2. AGE 41 Years


2004

Fellow

2009

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) FCMA (CMA - Sri Lanka) Member - Institute of Internal Auditors of USA



President Young Chartered Accountants’ Forum 2014 - 2015

Chairman 34th National Conference Technical Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka

the th the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka

2013

Chairman 33rd National Conference Technical Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka

2012

Chairman Member Communication Sub-committee of Branding

Committee

2010 - 2011

Alternate Chairman Urban Schools & Non-Commerce Stream Student Promotions Committee

Promotions Committee

2014 - 2015

Member 36th National Conference Technical Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka

2015

Member Examination Committee 2014 - 2015

Member 35th National Conference Technical Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka

2014

Member Young Chartered Accountant’s Forum 2012 - 2013

Member Branding Committee 2010 - 2011

Member Annual Report Awards Committee 2005 - 2008

Member of Judges Management Commentary Award of the Annual Report Awards

2008 - to date

Sector Coordinator Annual Report Awards Committee 2008 - to date

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iii. Paper Presenter

“Being the Best: Inside the Intelligent Finance Function” knowledge sharing

event organized by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) – UK’s Sri

Lanka Branch

2014

“Auditors Role in Supervising Banks” Presentation as part of a training

organized by the Center for Banking Studies of Central Bank of Sri Lanka for an overseas Central Bank Officers

2009 & 2010

Auditing Standards Seminar of CA Sri Lanka 2010

Auditing Standards Seminar of CA Sri Lanka 2014

“When Margins Matter” an evening presentation on the topic, focusing on cost

and margin management in the context of modern business environments. Organized by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) – UK’s Sri Lanka

Branch

2013


Treasurer The Organization of Professional Association (OPA) of Sri Lanka, an apex body of approximately 40+ professional associations of Sri Lanka. Appointed as Treasurer as a nominee of CA Sri Lanka

2015 - 2016

Member General Forum OPA Sri Lanka 2014 - 2015

Member Executive Council of OPA Sri Lanka 2014 - 2015


Partner KPMG in Sri Lanka

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Tishan Subasinghe

Tishan Harendranath Subasinghe, is a Fellow and Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Technical and Human Capital Development Partner at BDO Partners. He has been leading the firms IFRS Advisory division. He continues to enjoy being affiliated to the CA Sri Lanka and it's community since 1996, then, was a keen student turned an active PACS member. He obtained the associate membership in 2002 and Fellow membership in 2010. While specializing in information systems auditing, according to his view as a foundation for future business tests, he became a Certified Information Systems Auditor [CISA-USA]. Further, he was awarded a MBA in Finance by the University of Colombo and a Gold Medallist on the same. His exposure in the profession is multi ethnic and multi cultural. It expands not only island-wide but also extends having overseas work relationships with PricewaterhouseCoopers [PwC] international head office in New York, Philadelphia office, and PwC in Botswana spanning several years. These were supported by the international training that he has undergone in USA, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Malaysia, Indonesia etc., in areas such as Sarbanes Oxley section 404 integrated audits, various Audit Software, adoption of IFRSs, to name a few. He is also a visiting lecturer at several Government Universities and had also conducted international training in Maldives and Bhutan. Tishan cherishes fond memories being with many committees of the Institute, among them the opportunities graced for being with Members of CA Sri Lanka, the business community and the Institute staff while been served as the Chairman of the Annual Report Awards Committee, again. He had been the vice president of the Young Chartered Accountants Forum (YCAF). He is a thorough advocate of being engaged with the continuous development of knowledge, skills and aptitudes by all whether students, members and the professional community. He has extended to all at large, for example by conducting career guidance programs particularly focusing the GCE A/L students. He believes that the world should belong to everyone, open to the development of all good human qualities where social and technological drives are to assist. His interests are many. To name a few, other than being with people, he enjoys all good arts, reading, many sports and his family and friends. Recently he’s been conferred with the honorary titles “Keerthi Sri Deshabandu Deshashakthi”, for his contribution to religious, social and cultural activities in his village.

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1. NAME SUBASINGHE, TISHAN HARENDRANATH

2. AGE 39 Years


2002

Fellow

2010

4. QUALIFICATIONS FCA (CA Sri Lanka) ACMA (CMA – Sri Lanka) CPFA (UK) CISA (USA) MBA (Finance) – University of Colombo



Member of Council

2013 – 2015


Chairman Annual Report Awards Committee 2012 - 2015

Chairman CA Sri Lanka Annual Report Task Force 2014 - 2015

Chairman Committee for Developing Guidelines for Integrated Reporting 2013

Chairman Sub-Committee on Review of SORP for NPO’s/NGO’s 2012

Alternate Chairman Annual Report Awards Committee 2010- 2011

Vice President Young Chartered Accountants Forum 2012 - 2013

Council Representative

Young Chartered Accountants Forum 2014 – 2015

Treasurer Young Chartered Accountants Forum 2009 – 2011

Member National Conference Committee 2008 – 2015

Member ITAG- South Asian Federation of Accountants 2010- 2015

Member Financial Reporting Standard’s Implementation and

Interpretation Committee

2012 – 2015

Member Financial Reporting Faculty 2013 – 2015

Member Operational Review Committee 2014 – 2015

Member IT Faculty 2012 – 2013

Member Urgent Issues Task Force 2012 – 2013

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Member Practicing Accountants Forum 2009 – 2013

Member Operations Review Committee 2012

Member Student Training & Development Committee 2008 – 2011

ii. Paper Writer / Presenter

LKAS 29 – Presented in Sri Lanka Accounting Standards Seminar Series in 2011

LKAS 1 - Presented in Sri Lanka Accounting Standards Seminar Series in 2012 SLAuS 570, Going Concern – 2012 Sri Lanka Auditing Standards Seminar Series

Seminar on SLFRS for SMEs on 28th June 2012 Presenter for the IFRS Application Level Training Programme on 11th October 2013

Interactive Session on IFRS Convergence: Incremental or Transformational? – Panellist - 2013

Public Seminar and CFO’s forum on Integrated Reporting – Panellist - 2013

Panellist - Round Table Discussion on Proposed Amendments and emerging Issues for SME's - 2014

Paper Presenter - SLAuS 265 - Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management -2014

Paper Presenter - SLAuS 200 - Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with Sri Lanka Auditing Standards-2014

Paper Presenter-SME Audit Methodology Workshop - Institute of Chartered Accountants-2014

Paper Presenter-Sri Lanka Accounting Standards Seminar series-SLFRS 13 Fair Value Measurements - 2014

Presentation on "SLFRS for SME" at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka -2015

CA Sri Lanka Nominated trainer for IFRS Training in Bhutan Paper presenter on LKAS 08 - Accounting Policies, Changes in accounting Estimates and

Errors – 2015

iii. Other position held

Visiting lecturer – University of Sri Jayawardenapura Guest lecturer – University of Colombo Guest lecturer – University of Kelaniya Visiting lecturer - University of Rajarata Director – Sanasa Insurance Company Ltd Panelist - AAT Conference on "Governance, Accounting and Performance" - 2014 Presentation on "Towards Best Annual Reporting" at Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Served the judging panel of the Federation of Chamber of Commerce in selecting the best

entrepreneur of the year Conferred with the honorary titles “Keerthi Sri Deshabandu Deshashakthi”

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Name of Company Position Held Brief Description of the Work Carried Out Period

BDO Partners

Partner Audit and Assurance , Technical and Human Capital

2008 to date

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (Botswana/ New York/ Philadelphia)

Supervisor/ Assistant Manager/ Manager/ Senior Manager

Audit and Assurance Related Work

2003-2007

BDO Burah Hathy

Manager Audit and Assurance Related Work, Consultancy

2001-2003

BDO Burah Hathy Trainee-Audit and Assurance

Audit and Assurance Related Work

1997-2001

Documents

30A, Malalasekera Mawatha - CA Sri Lanka...Audit Manager B. R. De Silva & Co. Chartered Accountants 1995 – 1997 Audit Executive B. R. De Silva & Co. Chartered Accountants 1992 –