CAREER SUMMARY
1984-1990: KPMG (FormerFord Rhodes Thornton & Co.) -Audit Manager
1991-1992: Harischandra Mills - Chief Accountant
1993: Saudy Readymix - Internal Auditor
1994-2003: Seylan Bank - CFO and Head of Research and Corporate Planning
Executive Director - Ceylinco Savings Bank, Ceylinco Develoment Bank
Director - Seylan Assets Management (Primary Dealer), ESOP companies and Seylan Merchant Bank
2004-2010: Auckland University of Technilogy (New Zealand) - Lecturer
2011-2014: The University of the South Pacific (Fiji) Lecturer
2015-2018: Southern Institute of Technilogy (New Zealand) - Research Supervisor
2019-2021: Fiji National University - Assistant Professor in Banking and Finance
2022 - Todate - SLIIT
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
BCom (Special-Hons) - University of Colombo - 1992
MBA - PIM of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura - 1998
Diploma in Central Banking - CBSL - 1999
PhD - Auckland University of Technology (NZ) - 2009
TESOL - AIS (NZ) - 2011
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Gold medalist at Ceylinco best performers - 2000
Judge - Entreprenure of the year, National productivity awards. Exporter of the year, Annual report competition 2001-2003
Winner of Boston Consultancy Business Strategy competition NZ- Post Graduate category - 2005
Represented AUT for Boston Consultancy Strategy competition - international finals in Sydney - 2005
Human library - SLIIT library
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
Inequility, diversity, inclusion and discrimination
Poverty, economic development and Marxism
Financial markets and behavioral finance
Climate change related financial risk
Bank supervision and regulatory issues
Philosophy of research and Research methods
Gender studies
Memberships
FCA - The Institute of Chatered Accountants of Sri Lanka - 1990
Professional Banker - The Association of Professional Bankers of SL - 1998
MICM - The Institute of Credit Management - UK - 1999
FCMA - The Certified Management Accountants of SL - 2000
CPA - The Certified Public Accountants - Australia - 2010
RESEARCH CLUSTERS
Behavioral Systems
Understanding how humans behave and interact with each other, organizations, technology and society may help improve the quality of lives of people.
ONGOING RESEARCH
Gender inquality in corperate boards
Influencing factors of investment decisions
Poverty eradication
Micro finance as a trap
PUBLICATIONS
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The Oldest Profession
Saliya, C. A, “Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal” , pp. 1072
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The Role of bank lending in sustaining income/wealth inequality in Sri Lanka
Saliya, C. A,
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A critical Analysis of Performance of the Fiji Development Bank
Saliya, C. A, (The Fiji Economy Update 2011)
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The Role of bank lending in sustaining income/wealth inequality in Sri Lanka.
Saliya, C. A and Hooper, K,
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Role of bank lending in sustaining wealth/income inequality
Saliya, C. A,
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Bank capitalism in Sri Lanka favours protectionism under façade of nationalism or patriotism, as a mean to protect the affluent class.
Saliya, C. A, (the 6th Hawaii International Conference on Business)
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Turnaround through collective planning & monitoring, reviewing & rewarding based on the Balanced Scorecard
Saliya, C. A,
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Longitudinal Study of Seylan Bank, Sri Lanka from 1996 to 2008
Saliya, C. A,
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Bad Buddhists, Good Buddhists and True Buddhists
Saliya, C. A,
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Branch Banking is still Valid
Saliya, C. A,
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Abuse of Responsibility
Saliya, C. A,
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Overvaluation of Rupee
Saliya, C. A,
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Performance Evaluation of Commercial Banks - Application of the Balanced Scorecard
Saliya, C. A, “The Professional Banker” , pp. 21-33