Sunil Mendis

He was the eleventh governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and a former chairman of the Hayley's Group of Companies.

Joining Hayleys, one of Sri Lanka's oldest and largest conglomerates, he went on to become its chairman and chief executive officer after having served there for 42 years.

His other positions include being a Director of the Private Sector Infrastructure Development Company, the United States Educational Foundation in Sri Lanka as well as being a director of Export Development Board and the Board of Investment and on the Presidential Salaries Commission.

[2] After retiring as chairman of Hayleys Mendis was appointed as Governor of the Central Bank on 1 July 2004.

[6] He has been on the board of over 100 state and private sector institutions in Sri Lanka as well as 7 companies internationally.