Sri joins Bartleet Finance board

Bartleet Finance Plc has announced the appointment of veteran financier S. Sirikannathan to its board as a Non Executive Director.

 ‘Sri’ as he is affectionately known, counts over 40 years of audit experience and was the engagement partner in audits of star-class hotels, conglomerates, development organisations, multinational banks, finance companies and several listed companies.

He also served as a director and financial consultant to Associated News Papers of Ceylon (ANCL), the largest state-owned publication company in Sri Lanka, between 1994 and 1997. In his capacity at ANCL, Sri was responsible for the overall finance function of the organisation.

He served a term secondment with Robson Rhodes’ professional practice in the UK and conducted a number of cross-border assignments in countries including Cambodia, Cape Verde and the Maldives. Sri was also a partner at KPMG Ford, Rhodes, Thornton and Co. Sri Lanka until his retirement on March 31 this year.

He functioned as the staff partner and Chief Information Officer of the firm.

In that role, he oversaw the staffing, finance, administration and information technology functions of the practice in Sri Lanka.

Sri is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCA) and is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCMA).

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Physical Science (Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Physics) from the University of Peradeniya and has been an examiner for a large professional institution in Sri Lanka.

Sri also served on the Accounting Standards and Auditing Standards Committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka for 11 years and seven years respectively.