Nandalal Weerasinghe

He has also served as an alternative executive director at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC representing the countries such as Sri Lanka, Bhutan, India and Bangladesh from January 2010 to August 2012.

[7] He was on release to the International Monetary Fund during the time frame between January 2010 to August 2012 which made it impossible for him to simultaneously work for both CBSL and IMF.

During his tenure as the deputy governor of CBSL, he had also cautioned the banking sector on the need of adapting and embracing technology and trends to foster the economic growth.

[8] He delivered the Olcott Oration 2017 on the subject matter 'Evolution of Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy in Sri Lanka and the Way Forward' in an annual event organized by the Ananda College Old Boys' Association.

He is also an advisory board member of the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.

In early April President Gotabaya Rajapaksa offered the post of Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to Weerasinghe and he accepted the position.