Banks’ Chief Internal Auditors’ Forum appoints new committee for 2021/22

Seated from left: Committee Member Varuna Koggalage, VP Numair Cassim, President Charitha Jayawickrama, Secretary Nirosha Perera, Committee Member Dulan Abeyratne.

Standing from left: Committee Member Dhanjaya Dayananda, Outgoing Secretary Chandima Samarasinghe, Outgoing VP John Premanath, Immediate Past President/Committee Member Maduwantha Liyanage, Committee Member Jayan Fernando.

Absent from picture: Committee Members Kushlaini Allis and Gamini Jayaweera 

The Chief Internal Auditors’ Forum of Banks appointed its fifth committee recently. The inaugural committee meeting was held on 17 November subsequent to the AGM held on 3 November. 

Charitha Jawawickrama of Sampath Bank was appointed as the President, Numair Cassim (Amana Bank) as Vice President and Nirosha Perera (Union Bank) as Secretary. Others in the committee include Varuna Koggalage (Seylan Bank), Dulan Abeyratne (HSBC), Dhanjaya Dayananda (SDB), Jayan Fernando (DFCC), Kushlaini Allis (NTB) and Gamini Jayaweera (NSB). The outgoing committee included Maduwantha Liyanage of BOC (Immediate Past President), John Premanath (Commercial Bank) and Chandima Samarasinghe (Cargills Bank).

The Forum was established to build strong relationships amongst the Licensed Commercial Banks and Licensed Specialised Banks in dealing with new developments and challenges pertinent to the industry. It also supports Internal Audit professionals to enhance comradeship and encourages participation of banks to share knowledge and industry best practices. Since re-establishing in 2015, the forum has become an integral body that supports and assists banks with regard to common audit related concerns in the industry.