Senior Professor A.K.W. Jayawardane from the Construction Engineering and Management Group, Department of Civil Engineering, has been appointed as Chairman, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC.
Commercial Bank is the largest private bank in Sri Lanka and the only Sri Lankan bank to be ranked in the 'Top 1000 World Banks' announced annually by 'The Banker' magazine of the UK, for the 11th consecutive year in 2021.
Prof Jayawardna has extensive experience serving in both industry and academia. Prof Jayawardana has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Commercial Bank since 2015 and Deputy Chairman of the bank since December 2020. He also serves as Director of Sierra Cables PLC and several other institutions. Prof Jayawardana is also a renowned academic. At the University of Moratuwa, he has been both Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Vice-Chancellor. Prof Jayawardana has held high profile positions such as President of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL), Director General of the National Science Foundation (NSF). At present he is also a Commission Member of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
