Three members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), Mr. Nishan Fernando, Mr. Sanjaya Bandara and Mr. Ajith Ratnayake have been appointed to top international and regional accounting bodies to offer their expertise to help develop the accounting profession further.
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| Mr. Nishan Fernando | Mr. Sanjaya Bandara | Mr. Ajith Ratnayake |
Mr. Fernando, a Past President of CA Sri Lanka was appointed as Vice Chairman of Asian-Oceanian Standard-Setters Group (AOSSG), a grouping of accounting standard-setters in the Asian-Oceanian region. The group has been formed to discuss issues and share experiences on the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and to contribute to the development of a high-quality set of global accounting standards.
Incumbent Council Member Mr. Bandara has been appointed as a Board Member of the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA), a regional organization representing 33 national professional accountancy organizations (PAOs) which represent close to 2 million accountants across the Asian and Pacific region.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ratnayake, was appointed as a Member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) based in New York. IPSASB works to improve public sector financial reporting worldwide through the development of IPSASB, international accrual-based accounting standards, for use by governments and other public sector entities around the world.
