Global accounting body CFO visits CA Sri Lanka

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The Chief Financial Officer of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Russell Guthrie, who is also the Executive Director of IFAC’s Professional Relations, recently paid a courtesy call at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. During the meeting, Guthrie discussed matters pertaining to the development of the accountancy profession in Sri Lanka at length with CA Sri Lanka President Arjuna Herath, Vice President Lasantha Wickremasinghe and Chief Executive Officer Aruna Alwis.

In its capacity as the national accounting body, CA Sri Lanka has been working very closely with global accounting bodies aimed at developing the accounting profession across Sri Lanka. IFAC is the global organisation for the accountancy profession comprising of 179 members and associates in 130 countries and jurisdictions, and representing approximately 2.5 million accountants across the world.