Rose Cooray appointed Chairperson of Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust and Ceylon Investment

Former Central Banker Rose Cooray has been appointed as the Chairperson of Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust Plc as well as Ceylon Investment Plc.

Prior to the appointment, she was a Non-Executive/Independent Director in both companies. 

The appointment of Cooray as Chairperson follows the resignation of long standing Director and Chairman I. Paulraj from the Companies.

Cooray is also a Director at Hatton National Bank PLC and HNB Grameen Finance Ltd., 

She is the Chairperson of HNB Assurance PLC, HNB General Ltd. and Sithma Development Ltd. She functions as the Chairperson of the Board Integrated Risk Committees of Hatton National Bank and HNB Grameen Finance and is a Member of several other Board sub-committees at both these institutions.

She is a retired Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka where she served for over 35 years. On release from the Central Bank, she had served the Ministry of Finance in the capacity of Director General Fiscal Policy and Economic Affairs Department for nearly six years, represented the Government on the Boards of DFCC Bank, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Telecom, Ceylon Electricity Board, De La Rue Currency and Security Print Ltd., Export Development Board, National Housing Development Authority and represented the Monetary Board on West Coast Power Ltd.

She has functioned as the Vice Chairperson of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka for five years and has served on a number of Committees at national level covering a variety of subjects representing the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. She has also presented papers/been the resource person representing the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance at various international meetings/seminars.

Cooray has been involved extensively in policy making and implementing projects and programs, especially in the area of regional development and microfinance. She has wide experience in negotiating loans with multilateral and other donors, as well as bilateral trade agreements on behalf of the Government. Her articles/papers have been published in professional journals.