Coomaraswamy receives appointment letter from President
July 4, 2016 08:52 am
The new Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy received his letter of appointment from President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago.
Dr. Coomaraswamy was the former Director Economic Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat. Educated at the Royal College, Colombo and at Harrow School in England, he gained his undergraduate degree at Cambridge University and obtained his Doctorate at the University of Sussex.
Joining the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in 1973 he served in the Economic Research, Statistics and Bank Supervision Divisions as a staff officer till 1989. From 1981 to 1989 he was seconded to the Ministry of Finance and Planning.
