Financial Times

Kapila Jayawardena, Country Head & CEO of Citibank/Citigroup Sri Lanka, has taken over as new President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Sri Lanka.

A past chairman of the Sri Lanka Banks’ Association and past vice president of the FOREX Association of Sri Lanka, he is also a member of the National Payments Council of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, a Member of the National Council of Economic Development (NCED) financial sector cluster and a Member of the Model Code Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

AMCHAM’s board of directors for 2006/2007 are - Kapila Jayawardena, (President), Citibank, Country Head & CEO; John Varley (Vice President), The Competitiveness Program, Chief of Party; Feroz Omar (Treasurer), Brandix Textiles Limited, Managing Director; Moji Akingbade (Secretary), Paxar Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Director/General Manager; Claire Snowdon, (President Emeritus), Liz Claiborne, General Manager; Richard Merrin, Observer - US Embassy, Commercial Attaché and Economic Officer; Dilendra Wimalasekere (Director), Eureka Technology Partners (Pvt.) Ltd., Chief Executive Officer; Vijaya Ratnayake (Director) - Zodiac Medicals (Pvt) Ltd., Managing Director; Keith Samuel (Director), Ceylinco Micro Technologies, Director/General Manager; Eric Maard (Director), Maersk Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Managing Director; Nimal Cooke (Director), The Maharaja Organisation Ltd., Executive Director; Anush Amarasinghe (Director), Millennium IT, CEO; Marina Tharmaratnam (Director), Union Assurance, CEO and Afghar Mohideen (Director), United Holidays, Chairman.