Arjuna Mahendran | |
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Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka | |
In office 26 January 2015 – 30 June 2016 | |
Preceded by | Ajith Nivard Cabraal |
Succeeded by | Indrajit Coomaraswamy |
Personal details | |
Born | Lakshman Arjuna Mahendran 16 July 1959 Colombo, Ceylon |
Nationality | Sri Lankan (Previously) Singaporean (Currently) |
Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo Balliol College, Oxford |
Profession | former Banker |
Lakshman Arjuna Mahendran is a Sri Lankan-born Singaporean economist and banker.[1] He is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), having been appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena in January 2015 and served until the end of his term on 30 June 2016.[2] He was the former Managing Director of HSBC Private Bank, Chief Investment Officer of Emirates NBD as well as chairman and Director-General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5] Mahendran is currently residing in Singapore, which has refused to extradite him on a request from Sri Lanka routed through interpol.[6][7][8]