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Laknath Jayawickrama
FCA, FCMA, B.Sc. (Accy) Special (USJ), Attorney-at-Law, LLB

Independent Practitioner – Finance, Tax & Legal
Visiting Lecturer

Laknath Jayawickrama serves as the Chairman of the School of Taxation and he is a
member of the Faculty of Taxation & Forensic Accounting Faculty. He also serves as a
member of the Exemption & Reciprocal Arrangement Task Force and F&A Committee.

He currently serves as a member of the Committee on Insolvency of SAFA.

Laknath is a Commission Member of the SEC of Sri Lanka.

He counts 22 years post qualifying experience in Sri Lanka, Africa, South and East Asia in
the commercial sector as well as in practice. His lecturing scope covers law, tax, regulatory
affairs with a number of Universities and Institutions.

He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
of a listed entity.

Prof. Athula Manawaduge
FCA, PhD, (Australia), D.Sc. (Hon.), MA (Acc. & Fin) UK, B.Sc. (Mgt.), USJ

Endowed KPMG Professor in Accounting, Department of Accounting, University of
Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Prof. Manawaduge serves as a member of the Examinations Committee and Education
Committee of CA Sri Lanka

Prof. Manawaduge has over 35 years of experience in tertiary education in Sri Lanka and
overseas at undergraduate and postgraduate level teaching and research. He served as the
Head of the Department of Accounting and as a member of the Senate and the Council of
University of Sri Jayewardenepura. His experience includes the roles of Visiting Lecturer and
Research Fellow at Griffith University and Wollongong University in Australia and Visiting
Professor at the Kotelawala Defence University. In addition to his numerous academic
contributions at the university level, he has provided services to the national level by leading
the curriculum designing and assessment team of the GCE Advanced Level Accounting
subject at the National Institute of Education and the Department of Examinations of Sri Lanka.

Jayantha Peiris
FCA, MSc, B.Com (Special)

Chief Information Officer (CIO), MAS Capital (Pvt) Ltd.

Jayantha Peiris is a seasoned professional with over 35 years of experience in the fields
of Finance, Operations, Marketing, Planning, Manufacturing, IT Consulting, General
Management, Information Technology Management in a large conglomerate of the
private sector.

Jayantha served as the Alternative Chair of the Digitalization Committee of CA Sri Lanka
for the last two terms and currently serves as the Chairman of the Digitalization Committee.

He also serves as a member of the Faculty Industry Consultative Board (FICB) of the
Faculty of Business Science at the University of Moratuwa.