ACCA's annual general meeting (AGM) took place on September 24 at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo , where the new president for this year ,Ms Nisreen Rehmanjee was elected.

Ms Rehmanjee has over 15 years of experience in the field of taxation dealing with both national and international taxation. This includes a career spanning 10 years with KPMG, the last 4 of which were served as Director Tax. Presently, Nisreen heads the tax function of the John Keells Group as Vice President - Head of Group Tax. She is also a recipient of the Chairman's award for outstanding performance within the John Keells Group in 2008/09.

The picture shows ( Standing Left to right)- Ms Aruni Rajakarier, Country Manager ACCA Sri Lanka, The ACCA Committee members comprising :-Mr Supul Wijesinghe , Mr Dhanushka Samarasinghe, Mr Cyril Mundy, Mr Suranimala Anthony, Mr Irshad Thameem, Mr Jehan Perinpanayagam and Ms Nilusha Ranasinghe, Business and Relationship Manager ACCA Sri Lanka.Seated ( Left to right) -ACCA Committee members , Mr B H S Jayawardena, Mr Dilshan Rodrigo, Ms.Lucia Real-Martin ( Director emerging markets Asia) ,President ACCA Sri Lanka -Ms Nisreen Rehmanjee , Mr Nandika Buddhipala and Ms. Kumudini Gunatilleka

"I'm truly honoured to be appointed as the president of ACCA - Sri Lanka for 2010/11 and to have such an excellent committee appointed alongside me. I believe, the ACCA qualification and the access to the vast pool of information and knowledge that I have as a member has been the differentiator that has allowed me to achieve what I have today. Whilst I encourage our members and students to also make maximum use of this knowledge base, I believe that it has more value when shared and look forward to working with other professional bodies/institutes in Sri Lanka for the betterment of the finance professional at large" stated Ms Rehamanjee.

Mr Rajiv Cassie Chitty the Managing Director /CEO - Horana Plantation PLC was elected as Vice President and the other members of the committee elected for this year included ,Mr Nandika Buddhipala - CFO, Commercial Bank PLC, Mr Dilshan Rodrigo- Deputy General Manager - Risk & Compliance , HNB Bank, Mr Dhanushka Samarasinghe - Partner, Amlin Consultant , Mr B H S Jayawardena - Financial Consultant, Mr Cyril Mundy Retired Banker,Ms. Kumudini Gunatilleka - Head of Finance Group Reporting & Performance Management PT Agro Harapan Lestari ,Mr Irshad Thameem - Associate Vice President, Amba Research, Mr Chanakya Dissanayake - Senior Vice President, Amba Research, Mr Channa De Silva - Managing Director, Lanka Asset Management Company (Pvt) Ltd, Mr Suranimala Anthony - Finance Director, Hubert Anthony & Sons (Pvt) Ltd, Mr Jehan Perinpanayagam - CEO Infomate Pvt Ltd, and Mr Supul Wijesinghe - Financial Management Specialist of The World Bank.