Finance Ministry appoints Thulci Aluwihare and Sharmini Ratwatte to BOC Board

BANK of Ceylon (BOC) has appointed Thulci Aluwihare and Sharmini Ratwatte as Independent Non-Executive Directors to its Board on the recommendations of a fivemember special selection committee appointed by the Finance Ministry.

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Thulci Aluwihare is Deputy Managing Director at CHEC Port City Colombo Ltd., with more than 25 years of experience in corporate wealth, investment, transaction advisory, divesture, capital raising, and restructuring in London, Melbourne, and Colombo.

He was a member of the Colombo International Financial Centre Steering Committee Task Force to set up the first foreign currency designated multi-services Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sri Lanka.

With the enactment of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, Aluwihare's primary role now is to promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and create a destination appeal for international businesses to set up in Port City, a $ 15 billion new township development, an extension of the existing Colombo Central Business District (CBD).