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Dinesh Weerakkody Chairman Commercial Bank of Ceylon Mr Dinesh Weerakkody joined the board of Commercial Bank Plc on the 29th of July 2005. Prior to his appointment as Chairman on the 30th of December 2011,Mr Weerakkody was the Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Board Audit Committee. Mr Weerakkody is a former Chairman/CEO of the Employees' Trust Fund Board of Sri Lanka and a Director of DFCC Bank Plc. He was also Advisor to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2002-2004. Mr Weerakkody has served in many Cabinet Sub Committees and national level committees on Economic Affairs, International Affairs and Labour Management. During his public sector career Mr Weerakkody engaged pro-actively and innovatively in economic, trade,labour and cultural matters in both bilateral and multilateral contexts. From 2005- 2009 Mr Weerakkody was a Council Member and 2008-09 Chairman Employer Relations, CIMA Sri Lanka Division. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants United Kingdom, a Fellow of the Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, Professional Member of the Singapore Human Resource Institute and has a MBA from the University of Leicester, England. Mr Weerakkody has received extensive Leadership, HR and Management training in the UK, USA, France, Japan, Singapore and India. Dinesh Weerakkody has been on the Sri Lankan Board of GlaxoSmithKline since 2000 and is Chairman of Cornucopia Lanka Ltd and Director/Advisor of Cornucopia Bangalore, India. He is a Director of Lanka Aluminum and ACME Printing and Packaging PLCs and many other companies. He is also the Vice President of the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka Chapter and a Vice President of Sri Lanka Tennis. Mr Weerakkody is an Author of Three Books and over 1000 articles covering topics in international politics, financial economics, Management, Human Resource Management and leadership and has been involved in large-scale research projects in the USA and has presented many papers at national and international level.He is a recipient of two national awards.