[Sri Lanka] - Rajeev Amarasuriya elected new BASL President

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Amarasuriya has actually been elected as the brand-new President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka(BASL)
Amarasuriya previously served as the Secretary of BASL and has a comprehensive appellate court practice, focusing on public law and
different branches of civil lawsuits, including legal, commercial, home, taxation, and banking law.He holds numerous prominent positions
throughout state and economic sector institutions, consisting of serving as a Board/Committee Member of the Sri Lanka Accounting and
Auditing Standards Monitoring Board, the Standing Committee of Legal Studies of the University Grants Commission, and as a Council Member of
the University of Colombo.He likewise represents Sri Lanka in the Commonwealth Legal Education Association and is an Executive Committee
Member of LAWASIA.Amarasuriya has previously held influential functions as a member of the Council of Legal Education of Sri Lanka, a
previous Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, a Member of the Board of Governors of the Sri Lanka National
Arbitration Centre, and as the Immediate Past President of the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo.Academically, he holds a Law
Degree from the University of Colombo, is an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, and a Fellow Member of both the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants (UK )and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka
He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School(Executive Education)and was conferred as an AFGG Raisina Fellow in April 2022
Amarasuriya has been acknowledged for his extraordinary contributions and management, receiving the CIMA Star Gold Award in 2013 for the
most outstanding CIMA member under 40 and being called a CIMA LMD Trailblazer in 2021
Notably, on January 31, 2024, he was designated to the Governing Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).