Sri Lanka launches Handbook on Good Governance

The National Human Resource Development Council of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors released book titled that “Handbook on Good Governance for Directors of SOEs” The first copy was handed over to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe by the Public Sector Accounting Standards CA Sri Lanka Public Sector Chair V. Kanagasabapathy. NHRDC Chairman Dinesh Weerakkody and CA Sri Lanka President Lasantha Wickremesinghe. This handbook on good governance directed to chairmen and boards of directors of public enterprises would serve as a guide to manage the affairs of those institutions effectively.



The handbook was developed according to NHRDC Chairman Dinesh Weerakkody by a Committee appointed by the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs on the initiative of National Human Resources Development Council (NHRDC) of Sri Lanka. The committee consists of The Chairman, V. Kanagasabapathy, President APFASL, Public Sector Wing of CA Sri Lanka and Chairman, Public Sector Accounting Standards Committee (CA Sri Lanka), Aroshi Nanayakkara, Director, Sri Lanka Institute of Directors, U.G. Ratnasiri, Additional Secretary, Ministry of National Planning and Economic Affairs, Dr. Roshan Perera, Director (Banking), Ministry of Public Enterprise Development, M.R.V.R. Meepura, Director, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Finance and Mass Media, M.R.M. Abeyratne, Additional Director, Department of Bank Supervision, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Ianthie Jayaratne, Director, Finance and Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission.