CA Sri Lanka members serve on top IFAC committees

Six members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) including the institute’s incumbent President Lasantha Wickremasinghe and several Past Presidents have been appointed by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) to serve in some of its top committees. 

Wickremasinghe serves as the Technical Advisor to Monica Foerster, Chair of the Small and Medium Practices (SMP) Committee of IFAC, while immediate Past President of the institute Arjuna Herath will serve as Chair of the Professional Accountancy Organization (PAO) Development Committee. 

CA Sri Lanka Past President Reyaz Mihular has once again been nominated as a board member to the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) for the third consecutive term from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019, while CA Sri Lanka Council Member Manil Jayesinghe will serve as a board member for the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB) for the term commencing from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018. 

Past Presidents of CA Sri Lanka including Sujeewa Mudalige served as a member of the Nominating Committee of the International Federation of Accountants for the year 2016, while 

Nishan Fernando serves as a member of the International Accounting Education Standards Board’s (IAESB) Consultative Advisory Group (CAG) representing the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA).