Ajith Nivard Cabraal
Ajith Nivard Cabraal is a former governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, holding the post from 1 July 2006 until his resignation on 9 January 2015.Career
As an accountancy student in Colombo, Cabraal met Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was studying law at Sri Lanka Law College.
In 2000 he gained an Eisenhower Fellowship.
Until 2005, Cabraal had a management consulting company specialized on corporate governance and turnarounds and served at various times as president or board member of various organizations and institutions of a professional or regulatory nature. In 1996–1999 he was also the president of the St Peter's College Old Boys' Union.
Cabraal was chief economic advisor to Mahinda Rajapaksa during the latter's term as prime minister, contributing to his manifesto. In 2005, Cabraal resigned from all his private positions to work full-time for the government. In February 2006, Cabraal was involved in talks with the Tamil Tigers in Geneva.Effective July 2006, Cabraal was appointed governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The beginning of Sri Lanka's economic recovery after the end of the civil war fell into his term.
He has resigned so that the new President of Sri Lanka can appoint a new Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
