The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has established an Advisory Committee to examine possible revival options for failed finance companies.
The CBSL said the committee comprises four (04) eminent experts from the business sector and is chaired by Chairman of CBC Finance Ltd., former Chairman of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Dharma Dheerasinghe.
The other members are Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Sujeewa Mudalige; Managing Director of Moore Stephens Consulting (Pvt) Ltd. Tishan Subasinghe; and Senior Partner (Audit & Assurance) of Amerasekera & Company, Chartered Accountants Thiyagarajah Dharmarajah.
Dr. Ranee Jayamaha, an appointed member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank will serve as the Advisor to the Committee while Assistant Governor of the Central Bank J P R Karunaratne would serve as the Secretary to the Committee.
The Monetary Board has vested the Committee with the responsibility of recommending possible revival options for the following five (05) failed finance companies, of which the licenses have been either suspended or cancelled as of date.
- Central Investment & Finance Ltd.
- ETI Finance Ltd.
- TKS Finance Ltd.
- The Finance Company PLC
- The Standard Credit Finance Ltd.
The Committee will be expected to conduct an independent assessment of the present financial condition of the five distressed companies; conduct Due Diligence covering financial, legal, tax, and other important areas of operations; assess the financial conditions of the entities after incorporating necessary adjustments as per the findings of Due Diligence; and also examine possible revival options for each entity indicating advantages and disadvantages. If, however reviving a particular entity does not seem feasible, the Committee may recommend liquidation of the said entity as well. (NewsWire)
