Our Directors

The directors of Institute of Regional Development and Governance

Sivagurunathan Rangarajah - Chief Executive Officer

Former Chief Secretary of the North-East Provincial Council in Sri Lanka. As an officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, has over 40 years of experience.

Naga Narendran ACMA, CPA, CGMA

A Management Consultant with over 40 years of experience in Finance and large scale Business Project Management gained mainly in Australia and has served in senior executive positions in top tier corporations including IBM.

Jeeva Perumalpillai-Essex

A career comprised of senior management positions with International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group's private sector investment arm), the World Bank and Asian Development Bank addressing issues of poverty and sustainable business in South and East Asia, Pacific and Africa. 35 years as a Development Economist addressing issues of public and private sector. 

Sivagnanasundaram Jeyavarman FCA, FCMA, MCSI 

Thirty-four years of corporate senior management experience in the financial services sector in Sri Lanka. Served in committees of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Industrial Development, Financial Market Development under the Ministry of Finance and the Capital Market Cluster under National Council for Economic Development (NCED)