ACCA Sri Lanka appointed CFO of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, Nandika Buddhipala as the Chairman, Member Network Panel of ACCA Sri Lanka for the year 2021/ 2022 at the ACCA Annual General Meeting. CEO of Infomate (Pvt) Ltd, Jehan Perinpanayagam was selected as the Vice Chairman.
Buddhipala counts over 25 years’ experience in the Banking, Telecommunication and Audit & Assurance industries. Whilst being a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), he is also a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (MCISI) of UK, a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), Institute of Certified Management Accountants (FCMA) of Sri Lanka and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Australia, a Senior Associate of Financial Services Institute (SA FIN) of Australia, and a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) of USA.
He is the President of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka. The rest of the committee for the year 2021/ 2022 comprises of Nisreen Rehmanjee, Executive Vice President, John Keells Holdings PLC, Adrian Perera CEO, Lanka Rating Ltd, Channa De Silva, Chairman Sarvodaya Development Finance Ltd, Rathnakala Kumaragurunathan, Associate Director, Acuity Knowledge Partners, Prasenna Balachandran, Chief Risk and Control Officer, Hemas Holdings PLC, Dasun Mendis - General Manager Finance, Food Cluster of Ceylon Biscuits Limited Group, Shehan Fernando, CEO/ Senior Lecturer, Alpha Business School (Pvt) Ltd and Rakitha Jayatunge, Attorney-at-Law, Director, Icon Business School.
The event also saw ACCA Sri Lanka celebrating the many successes reaped over the past one year in spite of the pandemic. These included organizing over 50 webinars on topics relevant to the current business context for students and members as well as round table discussions held on “Diversity & Inclusion”, Climate action and Generation Z, future skills and the future of work.
ACCA Sri Lanka partnered with SLID, ICC, FITIS, CFA, SLASSCOM, PWC Academy, SLTC and many other institutes within the year to rollout many activities to develop the finance profession in Sri Lanka. In addition, ACCA partnered with SLASSCOM for the second time, to launch a report on the BPM industry.
ACCA also shared over 100 job opportunities with Members along with internship opportunities shared with future members to support their Personal Experience Requirement and improve their employability skills. A proud moment for ACCA Sri Lanka was in celebrating the achievements of ACCA member Rathnakala Kumaragurunathan. Rathnakala was chosen as the winner for the National Advocacy award for Sri Lanka in 2020. She was then chosen as the Regional Advocate of the year 2020 for the MESA region.
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