Justice Aluwihare appointed to Seylan Bank board

Seylan Bank announced the appointment of Justice Buwaneka Aluwihare PC as an Independent Non- Executive Director to its Board with effect from 26 February 2024.

Upon being called to the Bar in 1982, Justice Buwaneka Aluwihare PC joined the Attorney General’s Department in 1983 as a State Counsel and served the Attorney General’s Department for thirty-years and rose to the position of Additional Solicitor General in 2013. In the same year, he was conferred ‘silk’ and appointed as a President’s Counsel. 

In 1989, he was enrolled as a solicitor of England and Wales and in 2004 earned a master’s degree (LLM) from the University of London (Queen Mary College). 

He worked for the United Nations as a Prosecutor in East Timor, prosecuting before the Serious Crimes Panel in war related crimes in 2001. 

Appointed by the Cabinet, since January 2024, Justice Aluwihare functions as the Chairman of the Anti- Money Laundering and Countering of Terrorism Task Force for monitoring and reporting on the progress of the implementation of stakeholder- specific Action Plans.