Mr Hector Manil Anthony Jayesinghe

Former Country Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, Sri Lanka & Maldives
Chair of Accounting Standards Committee, SAFA

Mr. H. M. A. Jayesinghe is a fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and the Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is also a member of The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy. 

Mr. Jayesinghe possesses over 41 years of experience in Advisory and Audit across many Industries and key sectors in Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bhutan. He served as the Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Sri Lanka & Maldives from 2021 – 2023, Head of Assurance Practice for Sri Lanka and Maldives, and the Professional Practice Director of Sri Lanka from 2003 -2023. 

Mr. Jayesinghe is a current member of the Statutory Accounting Standards Committee and the Statutory Auditing Standards Committee. He serves in many other committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Chairs the Accounting Standards Committee of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), a member of the Governing Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. and the Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. 

Mr. Jayesinghe is a past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the past chairman of the Sri Lanka Accounting Standards Committee. He has served as a council member of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka, a board member of the CIMA Sri Lanka board, a member of the International Accounting Education Standards Board of the IFAC, a council member of the Moratuwa University, a member of the Board of Sri Lanka Accounting & Auditing Standards Monitoring Board, a Council member of CMA Sri Lanka, a member of Commission of Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, a board member of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and have served as a consultant to the Audit Committees of the Listed Companies.