18 July, 2021
Sanjeeva Jayawardena, PC, has been reappointed to the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, for a fresh term of six years, up to June 2027, by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, consequent to his nomination being approved by the Parliamentary Council.
Jayawardena is the first President’s Counsel to serve on the Monetary Board of the CBSL.
He presently serves as the Chairman of the Monetary Board Level, External Debt Monitoring Committee and as the Chairman of the Board Risk Oversight Committee. He also chairs the Ethics Committee of the CBSL. He is an honours graduate in Law, LLB (Hons), of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and has also secured an M.Phil.