Govt. picks Batti GA for Customs chief post

On the recommendation of the Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera, the Cabinet has appointed the Batticaloa Government Agent (GA) P.S.M. Charles as the new Director General of the Sri Lanka Customs Department with immediate effect.

She replaces senior civil servant W.A. Chulananda Perera.

Charles, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service with 26 years of service in the public sector, has previously served as the Additional GA and the GA, Vavuniya.

She is a graduate of the University of Jaffna and has also obtained two master’s degrees from the universities of Peradeniya and Rajarata in the fields of Disaster Management and Business Administration.

Perera is to be appointed an Additional Secretary to Ministry of Public Administration and Management.