Prof. Kithsiri M. Liyanage appointed to BOC Board

President and Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed Prof. Kithsiri M. Liyanage as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of Bank of Ceylon.

Currently, Prof. Liyanage serves as a senior professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, where he has been a faculty member for over 25 years. Prior to this, he has held academic positions at the University of Tokyo, University of Washington and University of Peradeniya.

During his time as a faculty member in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, he has been involved in several national-level roles, including serving as the Secretary to the Ministry of National Policies, Economic Affairs Child Youth and Cultural Affairs, as well as holding positions such as Chairman of PUCSL, Chairman of Engineering Service Board, and Member of the NSCC.

He has also participated in numerous national committees and policy forums.

Moreover, he has held visiting positions at the University of Tokyo, Japan, Oulu University, Finland, and Meijo University, Japan. Additionally, he has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ruhuna and the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at SLIIT.

He has also held several other positions, including Director of the Information Technology Centre and Director of the Computing Centre of the Faculty of Engineering, as well as Head of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Peradeniya. Furthermore, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the MILODA Academy of Financial Studies.

Prof. Liyanage obtained his B.Sc.Eng. (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1983, and his M.Eng. and Dr.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He is a fellow of Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka, Senior Member of IEEE, USA and a Chartered Engineer.