New DG of Dept. of Development Finance

Noor Rizna Anees has been appointed as the Director General of the Department of Development Finance under the Treasury, on the recommendation of Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera.  

Prior to her appointment she served as an Additional Director General of the External Resource Department. She assumed duties last week. Previously she has also served in the Development Finance Department as its Director and a Deputy Director from 2005 to 2011.

The Department of Development Finance of the Treasury is in-charge for promoting growth and social development under various financial loan schemes and subsidies and welfare programs. In this regard various loan schemes identified as Enterprise Sri Lanka and other welfare and subsidy programs such as fertiliser cash subsidy and senior citizens special interest rates program are being supervised by the Department of Development Finance under the advice and guidance of the Ministry of Finance.

She is a graduate of the University of Peradeniya in B.Com. (Hon) Special Degree in Commerce, and holds M.Sc. in Agricultural Science, University of Nagoya, Japan, 2002.