Young economist Amal Sanderatne no more

Young economist Amal Sanderatne and son of veteran economist, ex-central banker and columnist Nimal passed away yesterday under tragic circumstances.

Amal was a pioneering stalwart in the financial sector in Sri Lanka. A much sought after economists, Amal pioneered independent economic and Industry research in Sri Lanka. 

The firm he founded and ran remained to this date, one of the few independent economic research houses in the country. His advice and work were sought after by highly reputed corporates and institutions as well as high net-worth individuals. Amal had a deep passion for economic research, policy advocacy and education. His voluntary contributions to policy making bodies, civic society and institutions like the CFA Society of Sri Lanka will long be remembered and appreciated.

Amal is an alumni of the London School of Economics, and is a CFA charterholder. He previously worked at Jardine Fleming HNB Securities Sri Lanka as Head of Research. Following the takeover of Jardine Fleming by JP Morgan Chase he was transferred to Singapore where he led JP Morgan’s Asia Pacific ADR research and also managed the research of Hong Kong based Access Products Group.

Amal’s remains will lie at The Respect from Monday onwards. 

His father Nimal Sanderatne a social scientist served as Central Bank Director of Statistics and the Director of Economic Research and later as the Chairman of Bank of Ceylon and NDB.