Professor

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

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.  

PUBLICATIONS

  • Conference Presentations 2022

    Is Sri Lanka Bankrupt? Is There a Way Out?

    Saliya, C. A,

  • Conference Presentations 2023

    Financial Crisis in Sri Lanka: Impact of Institutional Factors on External Debts.

    Saliya, C. A,

  • Journal Publications 2023

    Impact of Enterprising Personality on Individual Stock Investors in Fiji

    Saliya, C. A, “Psikologika” , pp. 147-166

  • Journal Publications 2023

    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 ”

  • Journal Publications 2023

    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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