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THE COUNCIL

Mr. Chamara Abeyratne Mr. Nuwan Withanage Mr. R.A.L. Udaya Kumara
FCA, Bsc. (Accountancy) Special, ACMA FCA, ACCA - UK, MBA (Business FCA, Bsc(Fin.Mgt.USJP), MFE(Col.),PGD
Administration) PIM (University of Sri (comm. Kel.),Cap. Mkt (GWU,USA)
Partner of KPMG Sri Lanka and Maldives Jayewardenepura), Bachelor of Business
Management (Finance) Sp. University of Director at the Department of Public
Mr. Abeyratne serves as the Chairman of Kelaniya, ACMA. Enterprises
Student Training and Skill Development
Committee. He also serves as the Chief Financial Officer - Softlogic Life Mr. Udaya Kumara has over 12 years
Alternate Chairman of the National Insurance PLC and Independent Director of experience in the General Treasury
Conference Committee and Alternate JFS Holdings Limited. where he has been actively involved in
Chairman of Member Relations engaging with oversight of major State
Committee and a member of the Mr. Withanage serves as Member of the Owned-Enterprises. He has served as
Finance and Administration Committee, Sustainability Reporting and Assurance a Board Member of many State-Owned
Examinations Committee, Education and Task Force of South Asian Federation of Enterprises including the Employees’
Curriculum Development committee and Accountants (SAFA). He is the youngest Trust Fund Board, Coconut Research
Exemptions and Reciprocal Arrangements CFO to awarded as CFO Excellence Institute, Kurunegala Plantations Ltd, Sri
Task Force. Mr. Abeyratne serves in the Award from CMA Sri Lanka. Lanka Handicraft Board, and Sri Lanka
SAFA Committee on Educations, Training Insurance Corporation among many
and CPD He also serves as the Chairman of the others. He currently serves as a board
CPD committee, Student Enrollment member for Vocational Training Authority
Mr. Laknath Jayawikrama and counselling committee, the Task and the Buddhasasana Fund.
FCA, FCMA, B.Sc.(Accountancy) special force to Develop Non-Financial Reporting
- University of Sri Jayewardenepura Practices in Sri Lanka and Committee He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial
Attorney-at-Law, LLB of the preparation of CA Sri Lanka Management and has earned a Master’s
Annual Report. He also serves as, in Financial Economics. He has also
Independent Practitioner/FinTax legal Member of Finance and Administration completed a Capital Markets Programme
visiting Lecturer Committee, Financial Reporting Standards at George Washington University,
Implementation and Interpretation Washington DC with an internship at
Mr. Jayawickrama serves as the Chairman Task Force and Member of SLFRS 17 the International Finance Corporation as
of the Business School Committee and he Implementation Task Force of CA Sri a short-term Consultant. He serves as
is a member of the Tax Faculty & Forensic Lanka the Chairman of the Public Sector Task
Accounting Faculty. He also serves as a Force of CA Sri Lanka as well as the Vice
member of the Exemption & Reciprocal Mr. Withanage also serves as the President of the Board of Management
Arrangement Task Force. He is a Fellow Chairman of the Financial and Technical of the Association of Public Finance
member of the Institute of Chartered Committee (CFO forum of Insurance Accountants of Sri Lanka (APFASL).
Accountants as well as the Institute of Sector of Sri Lanka) and council member
Certified Management Accountants of Sri of Open University of Sri Lanka. He counts
Lanka. over 18 years of managerial experience in
Strategy, Finance, Investor Relation, Audit,
Mr. Jayawickrama obtained B.Sc. and General Management.
(Accountancy) special degree from the
University of Sri Jayewardenepura and
a Bachelor of Laws degree from the
Open University of Sri Lanka. He is
also an attorney-at-Law at the Supreme
Court of Sri Lanka. Mr. Jayawickrama
counts over 20 years post qualifying
experience in Sri Lanka, Africa, South
and East Asia in commercial sector as
well as in practice lastly as a partner of
a law firm in Sri Lanka before embarking
as an Independent Practitioner. His
lecturing scope covers law, tax, regulatory
affairs with a number of Universities &
Institutions.

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