CIMA Sri Lanka’s golden jubilee celebrations marking its 50-year presence in the country will be held under the patronage of Myriam Madden, CIMA President for 2015/16.  

Myriam has held global governance roles at CIMA since 2007, which include roles as Deputy and Vice President, chair of the global members’ services committee and a board member of the audit and risk committee. She also served on the board of the AICPA. She now becomes CIMA’s 82nd President, a voluntary role responsible for chairing the institute’s governance arrangements and advocating for CIMA and management accounting.

Professionally, Myriam has a strong background in finance and business with extensive experience in governance, business strategy, mergers, acquisitions and operational transformation. Organisations where she has led change programmes and finance functions include HBOS, Hewlett Packard, Agilent, Scottish Arts Council, NHS and Historic Scotland. She is a graduate of University College Cork with an honours degree in commerce and business.

Myriam, who will be in Sri Lanka from September 20 to 28, will attend the jubilee dinner to mark CIMA’s 50-year presence in Sri Lanka on September24. She will also meet with past Presidents and the Chairman of the CIMA Sri Lanka board and felicitate the 100,000th CIMA member – who happens to be a Sri Lankan. Myriam will also meet with important dignitaries during the visit to further strengthen CIMA’s presence in Sri Lanka.