Malinda Boyagoda appointed to Siyapatha Finance Board

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Siyapatha Finance PLC has announced the appointment of Malinda Boyagoda as an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 28 April 2020.

Malinda Boyagoda

Boyagoda possess over 17 years of post-qualification experience of which nearly 12 years is with PwC, working for the offices of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Gaborone, Botswana; and Seattle, USA. He also has three years of experience working in the Cayman Islands heading the finance function of a company operating in the tourism industry.

Boyagoda is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK (CIMA – UK) and the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He graduated from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka with a Degree in BSc Business Administration specialised in Finance.

He is currently a Partner at PwC leading audit and assurance engagements primarily focusing on the financial services sector clients. He is also the deputy IFRS leader of PwC Sri Lanka and has been involved in quality control, industry specialisation and audit methodology initiatives of the international firm for a number of years.

His participation and contribution to the profession include being a member of the Sri Lanka Accounting Standard implementation and interpretation task force of CA Sri Lanka. He has also sat in a number of other forums and technical sub-committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka formed to address accounting and auditing related issues in the industries of Banking and Insurance. He has also been a resource person for a number of training programs on International Financial Reporting Standards conducted locally and overseas.