Arjuna Mahendran

Arjuna Mahendran
Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
In office
26 January 2015 – 30 June 2016
Preceded byAjith Nivard Cabraal
Succeeded byIndrajit Coomaraswamy
Personal details
BornLakshman Arjuna Mahendran
(1959-07-16) 16 July 1959
Alma materRoyal College, Colombo
Balliol College, Oxford
Professionformer Banker
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Lakshman Arjuna Mahendran is a Sri Lankan-born Singaporean economist and banker. He was Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from January 2015 to 30 June 2016 and was responsible for the Central Bank of Sri Lanka bond scandal. He was also the former Managing Director of HSBC Private Bank, Chief Investment Officer of Emirates NBD as well as chairman and Director-General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka. Mahendran is currently residing in Singapore, which has refused to extradite him on a request from Sri Lanka routed through interpol.