President Mahinda Rajapaksa made three high level appointments to the state sector yesterday (Sep. 28) in which Dr. P. B. Jayasundera was appointed as Secretary to the Treasury.

Mr. Sumith Abeysinghe was made the Secretary to the Cabinet office while Mr. D. Wijesinghe was elevated as Sri Lanka's High Commissioner for South Africa.

The Supreme Court on the 24th of this month granted permission Dr. P.B. Jayasundera to resume duties in public office.

Dr. Jayasundera has a vast experience in the state finance sector having earlier functioned in the same capacity at the Finance Ministry. He has been in the civil service for the last 30 years.

Prior to his appointment as the Secretary to the Treasury, he was the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury from 1997-1999, Director General, Department of Fiscal Policy and Economic Affairs in 1995, and Economic Advisor in 1990. He held several senior positions in the Central Bank of Sri Lanka before joining the Ministry of Finance and Planning.

In addition to the office at the Ministry of Finance & Planning, Dr. Jayasundera has also held office as Chairman at the Public Enterprises Reform Commission, Senior Policy Advisor at Ernst & Young, and as consultant to the IMF and the World Bank on country assignments.