A group of National Standard-Setters in Asian-Oceanian Region

Mr. Nishan Fernando

• Fellow Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka)
• Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of United Kingdom
• Passed Finalist, Association of Certified Management Accountants of Australia
• Master of Business Administration from Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
• Graduate from the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors
• IFRS trainer, trained by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and expertise in IFRSs
• Technical Advisor of South Asian Federation of Accountants (Period 2001 – 2005)
• President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (Period 2008 – 2009)
• Vice president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (Period 2006 – 2007)
• Commissioner of Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (2008 – 2009)
• Managing Director – Consulting and Senior Technical Advisor and IFRS Country Leader of BDO Sri Lanka and Maldives
• Chairman of First Capital Holdings PLC and Subsidiaries
• Chairman of the IFRS Implementation and Interpretation Committee of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (Since 2014)
• Chairman of the Research Committee of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (Since 2017)
• Chairman of Accounting Standards Committee of Sri Lanka (Period 2009 – 2013) and a Member of the Sri Lanka Accounting Standards Committee since 2005.
• Chairman of Urgent Issues Task Force of CA Sri Lanka (Period 2002 – 2007)
• Chairman of Professional Conduct and Ethics Committee of CA Sri Lanka (2008 -2009)
• Chairman of Annual Reports and Awards Committee of CA Sri Lanka (2005 - 2006)
• Chairman of Education Committee of CA Sri Lanka (2000 – 2003)
• Chairman of Curriculum Development Task Force of CA Sri Lanka (2010)
• Chairman of Centre of Excellence for Standards and Quality of South Asian Federation of Accountants (Period 2006 – 2008)
• Member of the Professional Conduct and Ethics Committee (Since 2008)
• Member of the Corporate Governance Committee (Since 2016)
• Member of the International Accounting Education Standards Board of IFAC (Period 2007 – 2009)
• Member of Consultative Advisory Group of International Accounting Education Standards Board of IFAC (Period 2013 – 2019)
• Member of Board / Assembly of South Asian Federation of Accountants (Period 2006 – 2009)
• Member of Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board (Period 2007 – 2011)
• Member of Urgent Issues Task Force of CA Sri Lanka (Period 1998 – 2013)
• Member of the Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (Period 2000 – 2011)