Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:21 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}
 |
| Ronald C. Perera
|
Eminent lawyer and renowned President’s Counsel Ronald Chithranjan Perera has been appointed as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, the largest and the strongest insurer.
He will assume official duties today.
Prior to this appointment, Perera held the position of Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon from January 2015 till November 2019 and has been instrumental in shaping BOC as a major player in the financial sector.
Perera was appointed as a President's Counsel in 2012, and is an experienced lawyer with a broad practice in the original courts, in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He has experience in Civil and Criminal litigation, negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts. He has specialised in Commercial Law, Banking Law, Industrial Law, Injunctions, Defamation, Election Petitions, Civil Appeals, Revision Applications, Writ Applications, and Fundamental Rights Cases.
Additionally, he has appeared in several Commercial Arbitrations and has challenged the validity of several bills before the Supreme Court.
Perera is an LLB graduate from the University of Colombo and holds an LLM in International Trade Law from Northumbria University. He is an alumnus of St. Joseph's College, Colombo, where he completed his primary and secondary education.
