Chief Internal Auditors of Banks Forum appoints new Executive Committee

Seated from left: Union Bank Acting Head of Internal Audit Nirosha Perera, Hatton National Bank DGM Internal Audit/Chief Internal Auditor Niroshana Seneviratne (Immediate Past President), Pan Asia Bank AGM – Internal Audit Jeremy De Zilva (President), Commercial Bank of Ceylon AGM – Management Audit John Premanath and DFCC Bank Vice President, Head of Group Internal Audit Charitha Jayawickrema (General Secretary)

Chief Internal Auditors of Banks Forum is a body formed to share best practices, knowledge and to strengthen fellowship amongst chief internal auditors in banks. The membership of this forum consists of chief internal auditors of all commercial and specialised banks in Sri Lanka. The forum appointed new office bearers recently.

Jeremy De Zilva, Assistant General Manager – Internal Audit, Pan Asia Bank PLC, was elected as President. He counts more than 27 years in the banking sector, and holds an MBA from the University of Southern Queensland Australia, a Post Graduate Executive Diploma in Bank Management and Diploma in Banking from the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka. 

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Professional Managers and also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors USA, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment UK, Association of Business Executives UK. He also holds the position of the Treasurer/committee member of the Association of Professional Bankers - Sri Lanka. His previous work experience includes Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ABN AMRO and National Development Bank PLC.

John Premanath, AGM – Management Audit, Commercial Bank of Ceylon was elected Vice President and Charitha Jayawickrema, Vice President, Head of Group Internal Audit, DFCC Bank as the General Secretary.

The committee members include Niroshana Seneviratne, DGM Internal Audit/Chief Internal Auditor, Hatton National Bank PLC (Immediate Past President), Maduwantha Liyanage, Chief Internal Auditor Bank of Ceylon, Sivanandan Marimuthu, Country Head of Audit, Standard Chartered Bank Colombo, A.J. Atukorala, Chief Internal Auditor, HDFC Bank, Chandima Samarasinghe, Head of Internal Audit , Cargills Bank, Numair Cassim, Chief Internal Auditor, Amana Bank, Ms. Nirosha Perera, Acting Head of Internal Audit, Union Bank and Dulan Abeyratne Head of Audit, HSBC were appointed to the committee.