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
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
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Saliya, C. A "Performance Evaluation of Commercial Banks - Application of the Balanced Scorecard"
- Saliya, C. A "Overvaluation of Rupee"
- Saliya, C. A "Abuse of Responsibility"
- Saliya, C. A "Branch Banking is still Valid"
- Saliya, C. A "Bad Buddhists, Good Buddhists and True Buddhists"
- Saliya, C. A "Longitudinal Study of Seylan Bank, Sri Lanka from 1996 to 2008"
- Saliya, C. A "Turnaround through collective planning & monitoring, reviewing & rewarding based on the Balanced Scorecard"
- Saliya, C. A "Bank capitalism in Sri Lanka favours protectionism under façade of nationalism or patriotism, as a mean to protect the affluent class."
- Saliya, C. A "Role of bank lending in sustaining wealth/income inequality"
- Saliya, C. A and Hooper, K "The Role of bank lending in sustaining income/wealth inequality in Sri Lanka."
- Saliya, C. A "A critical Analysis of Performance of the Fiji Development Bank"
- Saliya, C. A "The Role of bank lending in sustaining income/wealth inequality in Sri Lanka"
- Saliya, C. A "The Oldest Profession"
- Saliya, C. A and Jayasinghe, K. "Cultural Politics of Bank Lending for Development Financing in Sri Lanka"
- Saliya, C. A and Jayasinghe, K. "Creating and Reinforcing Discrimination: The Controversial Role of Accounting in Bank Lending"
- Saliya, C. A. and Yahanpath, N. "Petty-Bourgeois Nationalism – A case study"
- Saliya, C. A "), Doing Qualitative Case Study Research in Business Management"
- Saliya, C. A "Credit capital, employment and poverty"
- Saliya, C. A "Dynamics of credit decision-making: a taxonomy and a typological matrix"
- Saliya, C. A and Hooper, K "The Role of Credit Weapon and Income/Wealth Inequality: A Sri Lankan Case Study"
- Saliya, C. A "Stock Market Development and Nexus of Market Liquidity, International Journal of Finance and Economics"
- Saliya, C. A "Conducting Case Study Research: A Concise Practical Guidance for Management Students"
- Saliya, C. A. and Pandey, S. K. "Financial battle against climate change – assessing effectiveness using a scorecard"
- Saliya, C. A. and KAS Wickrama "Determinants of Financial-risk Preparedness for Climate Change"
- Saliya, C. A "Driving Forces of Individual Investors in Stock Market Participation, "
- Saliya, C. A "Doing Research and Publishing"
- Saliya, C. A "සමාජ ගවේෂකයා: ශාස්තීය පර්යේෂකයින්ට අත්වෑලක්"
- Saliya, C. A "Exploring gender inequality and sociocultural factors in Fiji: unveiling the “pink unicorns"
- Saliya, C. A "Impact of debt, reserves, and political stability on Sri Lanka’s financial crisis"
- Saliya, C. A "Grounded Theory of Enterprising mother: Work-Life Balancing of Women in Fiji"
- Saliya, C. A "Integrated-Flexible Research Methodology: An Alternative Approach"
- Saliya, C. A "Research philosophy"
- Saliya, C. A "Social Research Methodology and Publishing Results: A Guide to Non-Native English Speakers"
- Thathsarani W.R.V.K, Piusha P.G.T, Peiris D.T.M, Perera P.L.S, Jayawardena, S., Saliya C. A "AI Powered Financial Liquidity Management System for SME Apparel Businesses in Sri Lanka."
- Kalansuriya, N., De Silva, S., Perera, N., Jayathilaka, R. and Saliya, C. A. "Analysing the Influence of Logistics, Corruption, FDI and GDP on Global Competitiveness: a Cross-Sectional Study"
- Saliya, C. A "Impact of Enterprising Personality on Individual Stock Investors in Fiji"
- Saliya, C. A "Financial Crisis in Sri Lanka: Impact of Institutional Factors on External Debts. "
- Saliya, C. A "Is Sri Lanka Bankrupt? Is There a Way Out? "
