Ronald. C. Perera, PC, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon, succeeding Kanchana Ratwatte, by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. This is the second time he has headed BOC where he was Chairman from January 2015 to November 2019.
Perera, a leading lawyer commanding a wide practice, is expected to continue as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) to which he was appointed last August by President Wickremesinghe. He is also the acting Chairman of the National Lotteries Board.
Perera who took silk as a President’s Counsel in 2012 is a son of EP Paul Perera, who served as a cabinet minister in the JR Jayewardene administration and also held other senior appointments following his retirement from the public service.
Perera has experience in Civil and Criminal litigation, negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts. He has specialised in Commercial Law, Banking Law, Industrial Law, Injunctions, Defamation, Election Petitions, Civil Appeals, Revision Applications, Writ Applications, and Fundamental Rights Cases.
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