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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Is Sri Lanka Bankrupt? Is There a Way Out?
Saliya, C. A,
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Financial Crisis in Sri Lanka: Impact of Institutional Factors on External Debts.
Saliya, C. A,
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Impact of Enterprising Personality on Individual Stock Investors in Fiji
Saliya, C. A, “Psikologika” , pp. 147-166
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Analysing the Influence of Logistics, Corruption, FDI and GDP on Global Competitiveness: a Cross-Sectional Study
Kalansuriya, N., De Silva, S., Perera, N., Jayathilaka, R. and Saliya, C. A., “Journal of Knowledge Economy ”
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AI Powered Financial Liquidity Management System for SME Apparel Businesses in Sri Lanka.
Thathsarani W.R.V.K, Piusha P.G.T, Peiris D.T.M, Perera P.L.S, Jayawardena, S., Saliya C. A, “International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology” , pp. 559-565
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Social Research Methodology and Publishing Results: A Guide to Non-Native English Speakers
Saliya, C. A,
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Research philosophy
Saliya, C. A,
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Integrated-Flexible Research Methodology: An Alternative Approach
Saliya, C. A,
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Grounded Theory of Enterprising mother: Work-Life Balancing of Women in Fiji
Saliya, C. A, “The Qualitative Report” , pp. 1610-1640
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Impact of debt, reserves, and political stability on Sri Lanka’s financial crisis
Saliya, C. A, “PLoS ONE” , pp. e0294455
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Exploring gender inequality and sociocultural factors in Fiji: unveiling the “pink unicorns
Saliya, C. A, “International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy” , pp. ahead-of-print
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සමාජ ගවේෂකයා: ශාස්තීය පර්යේෂකයින්ට අත්වෑලක්
Saliya, C. A,
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Doing Research and Publishing
Saliya, C. A,
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Driving Forces of Individual Investors in Stock Market Participation,
Saliya, C. A, “Review of Economics and Finance” , pp. 73-79
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Determinants of Financial-risk Preparedness for Climate Change
Saliya, C. A. and KAS Wickrama, “Advances in Climate Change Research”
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Financial battle against climate change – assessing effectiveness using a scorecard
Saliya, C. A. and Pandey, S. K. , “Qualitative Research in Financial Markets”
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Conducting Case Study Research: A Concise Practical Guidance for Management Students
Saliya, C. A, “. International Journal of KIU” , pp. 1-13
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Stock Market Development and Nexus of Market Liquidity, International Journal of Finance and Economics
Saliya, C. A, “International Journal of Finance and Economics”
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The Role of Credit Weapon and Income/Wealth Inequality: A Sri Lankan Case Study
Saliya, C. A and Hooper, K, “Journal of Applied Economic Sciences,” , pp. 425-436
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Dynamics of credit decision-making: a taxonomy and a typological matrix
Saliya, C. A, “Review of Behavioral Finance” , pp. 357-374
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Credit capital, employment and poverty
Saliya, C. A, “ International Journal of Money, Banking and Finance” , pp. 4-12
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), Doing Qualitative Case Study Research in Business Management
Saliya, C. A, “International Journal of Case studies” , pp. 96-111
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Petty-Bourgeois Nationalism – A case study
Saliya, C. A. and Yahanpath, N., “Qualitative Research in Financial Markets” , pp. 359-368
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Creating and Reinforcing Discrimination: The Controversial Role of Accounting in Bank Lending
Saliya, C. A and Jayasinghe, K., “Accounting Forum” , pp. 235-250
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Cultural Politics of Bank Lending for Development Financing in Sri Lanka
Saliya, C. A and Jayasinghe, K., “Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies” , pp. 449-474