Lanka Rating Agency (LRA), announced the appointment of Charana Jayasuriya as its new Chief Executive Officer from 1st August 2023.
Prior to his appointment, Jayasuriya was Chief Executive Officer of National Asset Management Limited. He counts over 20 years experience in the capital markets of Sri Lanka and in the United Kingdom in asset management, investment banking and financial regulation. Prior to that, Jayasuriya was a Fund Manager for Aegis Fund Management (Pvt) Ltd managing a comprehensive portfolio of funds for some of the largest corporate entities.
Jayasuriya holds a LLB (Hons) Law and LLM in Banking & Finance Law from University College London and has completed the Advanced Asset Management Programme at INSEAD and the Oxford Fintech Programme from the Said Business School, University of Oxford.
Lanka Rating Agency is a credit rating agency operating in Sri Lanka and licenced by the Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka. LRA has a technical affiliation agreement with Pakistan Credit Rating Agency.