COLOMBO: The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has established an Advisory Committee to examine possible revival options for failed finance companies. As per media release issued by CBSL, the Committee comprises four (04) eminent experts from the business sector and is chaired by Dharma Dheerasinghe, Chairman of CBC Finance Ltd., former Chairman of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
The other members are Sujeewa Mudalige, Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers; Tishan Subasinghe, Managing Director of Moore Stephens Consulting (Pvt) Ltd.; and Thiyagarajah Dharmarajah, Senior Partner (Audit & Assurance) of Amerasekera & Company, Chartered Accountants. Dr. Ranee Jayamaha, Appointed Member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka will serve as the Advisor to the Committee while J P R Karunaratne, Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, would serve as the Secretary to the Committee.
The Monetary Board has vested the Committee with the responsibility of recommending possible revival options for the following five (05) failed finance companies, of which the licenses have been either suspended or cancelled as at date. i. Central Investment & Finance Ltd. ii. ETI Finance Ltd. iii. TKS Finance Ltd. iv. The Finance Company PLC v. The Standard Credit Finance Ltd.
