Mr. C J P Siriwardana

Deputy Governor

Mr. C J P Siriwardana assumed office as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) on 19 August 2017. Mr. Siriwardana holds an M.Sc. degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Quantitative Development Economics from the University of Warwick, UK and a B.Sc. degree in Agriculture from the University of Ruhuna.

He currently functions as Deputy Governor supervising departments of Bank Supervision, Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Institutions, Public Debt, Payments and Settlements, Finance, Secretariat, Information Technology and Security Services. He is the Chairman of the National Payment Council, Financial System Stability Committee and the Tender Boards of Treasury Bonds & Treasury Bills in addition to being a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Inter Regulatory Institutions Committee and Non-Financial Risk Management Committee.

Mr. Siriwardana has over 31 years of experience in CBSL, especially in the areas of Economic and Price Stability, Financial System Stability and certain Agency Functions. Prior to this appointment, he held the position of the Assistant Governor in-charge of Public Debt, Information Technology, Legal and Compliance, Macroprudential Surveillance, Human Resources, Policy Review and Monitoring, Payments and Settlement and Risk Management Departments. He has also functioned as Secretary to the Monetary Board of CBSL.

During his extensive career in CBSL, Mr. Siriwardana has participated in various national and international fora representing the Government and CBSL. He has also participated in a number of international training programmes in the areas of Risk Management, Debt Management, Investment Management, Financial Stability, Monetary Policy, Leadership and Rural Development and has made special contributions and innovations for the improvement of standards, especially in the fields of debt management and investments. Mr. Siriwardana has also served as a Director of Ceylon Electricity Board, Provident Property Lanka Ltd., and Kandurata Development Bank; and an Observer of the Board of Directors of the Board of Investments (BOI) and Currently serves as a Director of LankaClear (Pvt) Ltd. and Colombo Dockyard PLC.

Mr. Siriwardana has authored many articles in reputed international and local journals in the fields of Public Finance, Debt Management and Bond Market Development. He is also a regular speaker at various forums in different capacities and was a faculty member of the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Malaysia.