Senior Chartered Accountant Chandrasiri Kalupahanawas appointed to the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) for 2018/19 recently. He received this appointment from Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry and Commerce.
Currently working as the Group Chief Internal Auditor, Sri Lanka Telecom PLC Group, previously Kalupahanawas the Chief Finance Officer at a Government Bank.
Armed with a wealth of experience in both the private and public sector he has held senior positions at both local and overseas companies serving in several key positions including Head of Finance, Head of Audit, Senior Deputy General Manager and General Manager/Chief Executive Officer in a range of fields such as banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, civil engineering, aviation, trading, entertainment, agriculture, real estate, auto mobile, telecommunications etc.
Kalupahanaholds valuable international exposure working in British, Irish and American Companies for several years in countries such as Tanzania, Angola/UK and Saudi Arabia, in addition to companies in Sri Lanka.
Trained at KPMG Sri Lanka and asa fellow member of CA Sri Lanka,he has displayed genuine interest in the activities of the CA Sri Lanka Members’ Benevolent Society (CASL-MBS).
For over a decade Kalupahana has contributed immensely for the betterment of its members serving as a Committee Member, Vice President (three terms) and as President for two terms in 2014/15 and 2015/16.
During his tenure as President of the society, he organised several innovative events for the Society and was successful in increasing the membership by 34%; from 790 members in 2014 to 1059 members in 2016.
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