President’s Counsel Ronald C. Perera has been appointed Chairman, The Bank of Ceylon with effect from 27 January 2015.

He was appointed by Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and assumed duties today (28 January).

Mr. Perera is a LLB Graduate from the University of Colombo and holds a LLM on International Trade Law from Northumbria University. He was appointed as a President’s Counsel in 2012.

He has wide experience in civil and criminal litigation, negotiating and drafting of commercial and transport contracts and agreements. Ronald Perera has specialized in Commercial, Banking and Industrial Law, Injunctions, Defamation, Election Petitions, Civil Appeals, Revision Applications, Writ Applications and Fundamental Rights cases. He has also appeared in several commercial arbitration.