Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Archives

Dilip de S. Wijeyeratne Appointed to Janashakthi Life Board 01st March 2024, Colombo: Janashakthi Life, a member of the Janashakthi Group, announces the appointment of Dilip de S. Wijeyeratne as an Independent, Non-Executive Director to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective from 14th February 2024. Dilip de S. Wijeyeratne is a senior finance/banking professional and a principal consultant who provides advisory services to companies globally to expand operations within the Middle East, Sri Lanka, and Australia. Wijeyeratne is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ACA), a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA), and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). He is currently the Senior Independent, Non-Executive Director of Sampath Bank PLC, the Senior Independent, Non-Executive Director of Singer Sri Lanka PLC, and the Senior Independent, Non–Executive Director of Hayleys Fibre PLC. He was also ...

The Queen is dead. Long Live the King! – By Aubrey Joachim Many of us were born in a country whose Head of State then was Queen Elizabeth II. Ceylon was still a fully-fledged member of the Commonwealth with a Governor General her resident representative in Colombo. In fact the Queen visited Ceylon the year I was born and many would have seen pictures of her Majesty visiting the Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. We now live in a country whose Head of State is still the British Monarch. The British Monarchy has existed for over a 1200 years. During this period 61 monarchs have worn the crown. As head of the Commonwealth the Queen was connected to 54 independent nations 14 of whom still have the British Monarch as their Head of State. All of these countries were at some stage a part of the British Empire – the heydays ...