New chairman for BOC [March 18 2014]

Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema, assumed duties as the new Chairman of Bank of Ceylon.

Air Chief Marshal Abeywickrama retired from Air Force Commander post on February 27. He was appointed as the Commander on February 27, 2011.

Air Marshal Abeywickrama joined the Sri Lanka Air Force with the eighth Intake of Officer Cadets in 1980 and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1982. Air Marshal Abeywickrama has an admirable record in active combat, and spent most of his career in operational command appointments in the North and East. He was appointed as Director Operations of the SLAF in 2006.