Arjuna Mahendran

Arjuna Mahendran
Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
In office
26 January 2015 – 30 June 2016
Preceded byAjith Nivard Cabraal
Succeeded byIndrajit Coomaraswamy
Personal details
Born
Lakshman Arjuna Mahendran

(1959-07-16) 16 July 1959 (age 65)
Colombo, Ceylon
NationalitySri Lankan (Previously)
Singaporean (Currently)
Alma materRoyal College, Colombo
Balliol College, Oxford
Professionformer 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]

  1. ^ Arjuna Mahendran. emiratesnbd.com
  2. ^ Sri Lanka names international banker Mahendran as central bank chief. Reuters (15 January 2015). Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  3. ^ Arjuna Mahendran new CB Governor. Dailymirror.lk. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  4. ^ Arjuna Mahendran. Emiratesnbd.com. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Profile–Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran". Reuters. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Extraditing Mahendran: S'pore wants SL to check on the procedure". www.dailymirror.lk.
  7. ^ "Interpol red notice issued on Arjuna Mahendran - Sri Lanka Latest News". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 20 April 2018.
  8. ^ Sooriyagoda, Lakmal. "Interpol Red Notice on Mahendran". Daily News.