CA Sri Lanka holds inaugural CFO Forum committee meeting

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Aspiring for a greater partnership with the country’s top Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), one of Sri Lanka’s largest professional organisations, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) recently held its inaugural CFO Forum Committee Meeting.

International financial expert, John O’Grady, Partner and the Asia Pacific Area IFRS Leader for Ernst & Young Australia with almost 30 year experience in the fields of audit and accounting was the Chief Guest.

The primary aim of the CA Sri Lanka CFO Forum Committee chaired by Aitken Spence CFO Nilanthi Sivapragasam, is to provide a platform for Sri Lankan based CFOs to discuss issues facing them and their companies particularly in respect of achieving high quality standards in financial reporting and corporate governance, which is critical in the present context with Sri Lanka adopting to the International Financial Reporting Standards to ensure convergence in line with global trends thereby enabling a common language for financial reporting process.

The CA Sri Lanka CFO forum comprises of 50 senior financial professionals who represent the country’s foremost top companies.

The primary aim of this forum will be to initiate a closer dialogue among these professionals and discuss various matters concerning CFOs in today’s context.

The CFO Forum Committee also comprises of John Keells Holdings Group Financial Controller Mano Rajakarier, Hemas Holdings CFO Malinga Arsakularatne, Finlays Colombo CFO Coralie Petersz, Dialog Axiata Group Financial Officer Lucy Tang, Commercial Bank CFO Nandika Buddipala, Cargills (Ceylon) Finance Director Prabhu Mathavan, Sri Lanka Telecom CFO Shiron Gooneratne and Hatton National Bank CFO Ajantha De Vas Gunasekara.