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Mr. Arjuna Mahendran
Governor
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Mr Arjuna Mahendran has been appointed by His Excellency the President
Maithripala Sirisena as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka with
effect from 23 January, 2015. Accordingly, he will also function as the
Chairman of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Prior to his appointment as the Governor, Mr Arjuna Mahendran worked
with Emirates NBD and HSBC Private Bank, where he held the position of
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer. Mr Mahendran has
nearly 30 years of extensive experience in the financial services industry
across Asia.
Prior to joining HSBC Private Bank, Mr Mahendran was Chief EconomistStrategist at Credit Suisse Private Bank and before this, he held the
position of Chairman/Director General for the Board of Investment of Sri
Lanka.For his achievements there, he was named runner-up in Euromoney
Strategic Direct Investor’s ‘CEO Lifetime Achievement Award’ in 2003.
Mr Mahendran has also worked as Director and Head of Economic
Research for ASEAN and South Asia at SG Securities, as well as holding
senior positions with the Central Bank and Ministry of Finance in Sri Lanka
and working on World Bank and IMF funded projects.
Mr Arjuna Mahendran holds an M.A. and B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy,
Politics and Economics, from Balliol College, Oxford University, England.
He also has been a regular commentator on CNBC, CNN and BBC TV
channels, in addition to sharing his market insights with Bloomberg, The
Financial Times, Asian Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine.