Manil Jayesinghe 

Mr. Manil Jayesinghe is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), Fellow Member of the Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy. 

Mr. Jayesinghe, who started his career at the Ernst & Young, gained extensive experience in a range of sectors including manufacturing, retail, hospitality, wholesale business and telecommunication, in his capacity as Partner of Ernst & Young for 30 years; and was the Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Sri Lanka & Maldives from 2021-2023, Head of Assurance Practice in Sri Lanka and the Profession Practice Director of Sri Lanka, from 2003 -2023.  His forte in valuation of businesses and development of strategic plans for Financial Institutions, made Mr. Jayesinghe is a key resource in financial services.  He also served as Head of the IFRS/SLAS Desk in Sri Lanka.

In his career spanning over 41 years of advisory and industry experience, he served as President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, member of the CIMA Sri Lanka Board, council member of the University of Moratuwa, member of the International Accounting Education Board of the IFAC, member of the Audit Advisory Committee of the Central Bank, Advisor to Audit Committees of PLC’s and Banks, and Member of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka.

Currently, he is Chairman of the Statutory Accounting Standards Committee, Member of the Statutory Auditing Standards Committee and serves on many other committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.  He is also Member of the Financial Reporting Standards Implementation and Interpretation committee (FRSIICS), Chairman of the Accounting Standards Committee of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), Member of the Board of Sri Lanka Accounting & Auditing Standards Monitoring Board, Council member of CMA Sri Lanka, Member of the Audit Committee of SLIM, Member of Commission of Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, Member of the Board of Investments of Sri Lanka, and Independent Director of DIMO, Ceylon Hospitals and Sahasiya Investments Ltd.