Prof. Saliya Arachchige
August 8, 2023 2023-12-25 12:02Prof. Saliya Arachchige
Professor
FACULTY OF BUSINESS | BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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- 1984-1990: KPMG (FormerFord Rhodes Thornton & Co.) -Audit Manager
- 1991-1992: Harischandra Mills – Chief Accountant
- 1993: Saudy Readymix – Internal Auditor
- 1994-2003: Seylan Bank – CFO and Head of Research and Corporate Planning
- Executive Director – Ceylinco Savings Bank, Ceylinco Develoment Bank
- Director – Seylan Assets Management (Primary Dealer), ESOP companies and Seylan Merchant Bank
- 2004-2010: Auckland University of Technilogy (New Zealand) – Lecturer
- 2011-2014: The University of the South Pacific (Fiji) Lecturer
- 2015-2018: Southern Institute of Technilogy (New Zealand) – Research Supervisor
- 2019-2021: Fiji National University – Assistant Professor in Banking and Finance
- 2022 – Todate – SLIIT
Academic Qualifications
- BCom (Special) – University of Colombo – 1992
- MBA – PIM of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura – 1998
- Diploma in Central Banking – CBSL – 1999
- PhD – Auckland University of Technology (NZ) – 2009
- TESOL – AIS (NZ) – 2011
Honors and Awards
- Gold medalist at Ceylinco best performers – 2000
- Judge – Entreprenure of the year, National productivity awards. Exporter of the year, Annual report competition 2001-2003
- Winner of Boston Consultancy Business Strategy competition NZ- Post Graduate category – 2005
- Represented AUT for Boston Consultancy Strategy competition –  international finals in Sydney – 2005
Interests
- Inequility, diversity, inclusion and discrimination
- Poverty, economic development and Marxism
- Financial markets and behavioral finance
- Climate change related financial risk
- Bank supervision and regulatory issues
- Philosophy of research and Research methods
- Gender studies
Memberships
- FCA – The Institute of Chatered Accountants of Sri Lanka – 1990
- Professional Banker – The Association of Professional Bankers of SL – 1998
- MICM – The Institute of Credit Management – UK – 1999
- FCMA – The Certified Management Accountants of SL – 2000
- CPA – The Certified Public Accountants – Australia – 2010
- Gender inquality in corperate boards
- Influencing factors of investment decisions
- Grounded theory
My Publications
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
- Saliya, C. A  ” Performance Evaluation of Commercial Banks – Application of the Balanced Scorecard “  The Professional Banker,  vol.9,  Issue 2,  1998,  pp.21-33,
- Saliya, C. A  ” “The Oldest Profession” “  Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal,  vol.26,  Issue 6,  2012,  pp.1072,
- Saliya, C. A and Jayasinghe, K.  ” “Cultural Politics of Bank Lending for Development Financing in Sri Lanka” “  Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies,  vol.6,  Issue 4,  2016,  pp.449-474,    doi:10.1108/JAEE-10-2011-0040,
- Saliya, C. A and Jayasinghe, K.  ” “Creating and Reinforcing Discrimination: The Controversial Role of Accounting in Bank Lending” “  Accounting Forum,  vol.40,  Issue 4,  2016,  pp.235-250,  http://repository.essex.ac.uk/18321/ ,
- Saliya, C. A. and Yahanpath, N.  ” “Petty-Bourgeois Nationalism � A case study” “  Qualitative Research in Financial Markets,  vol.8,  Issue 4,  2016,  pp.359-368,
- Saliya, C. A  ” “), Doing Qualitative Case Study Research in Business Management” “  International Journal of Case studies,  vol.6,  Issue 12,  2017,  pp.96-111,
- Saliya, C. A  ” “Credit capital, employment and poverty” “  International Journal of Money, Banking and Finance,  vol.8,  Issue 1,  2019,  pp.4-12,
- Saliya, C. A  ” “Dynamics of credit decision-making: a taxonomy and a typological matrix” “  Review of Behavioral Finance,  vol.12,  Issue 4,  2019,  pp.357-374,
- Saliya, C. A and Hooper, K  ” “The Role of Credit Weapon and Income/Wealth Inequality: A Sri Lankan Case Study” “  Journal of Applied Economic Sciences,,  vol.XV,  Issue 2(68),  2020,  pp.425-436,
- Saliya, C. A  ” “Stock Market Development and Nexus of Market Liquidity, International Journal of Finance and Economics” “  International Journal of Finance and Economics,    2020,
- Saliya, C. A  ” “Conducting Case Study Research: A Concise Practical Guidance for Management Students” “  . International Journal of KIU,  vol.2,  Issue 1,  2021,  pp.1-13,
- Saliya, C. A. and Pandey, S. K.  ” “Financial battle against climate change � assessing effectiveness using a scorecard” “  Qualitative Research in Financial Markets,    2021,
- Saliya, C. A. and KAS Wickrama  ” “Determinants of Financial-risk Preparedness for Climate Change” “  Advances in Climate Change Research,    2021,
- Saliya, C. A  ” “Driving Forces of Individual Investors in Stock Market Participation, “ “  Review of Economics and Finance,  vol.19,   2021,  pp.73-79,
NEWS PAPERS
- Saliya, C. A  ” Overvaluation of Rupee  on Business Today  pp. 33-38  Date. July,  1997
BOOK CHAPTERS
- Saliya, C. A  ” Abuse of Responsibility “  Association of Professional Bankers,  Banking in Transition; Issues and Challenges,  Ed. 14th Anniversary Publication,  Colombo,  2001,  APA,  pp.108-121,
- Saliya, C. A  ” Branch Banking is still Valid “  Association of Professional Bankers,  Emerging Trends in the Financial Sector – Impact on the Banking Industry,  Ed. 15th Anniversary Publication,  Colombo,  2003,  APA,  pp.232-239,
WORLD WIDE WEB
- Saliya, C. A  ” Bad Buddhists, Good Buddhists and True Buddhists  “https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3193913.”  By: SSRN  By: 2008
- Saliya, C. A  ” Longitudinal Study of Seylan Bank, Sri Lanka from 1996 to 2008  “https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3193922.”  By: SSRN  By: 2009
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Saliya, C. A  ” Turnaround through collective planning & monitoring, reviewing & rewarding based on the Balanced Scorecard  Presentation,  at Productivity Conference, 23rd June 2002, BMICH, Colombo.,  2002
- Saliya, C. A  ” Role of bank lending in sustaining wealth/income inequality  Presentation,  at Honolulu, Hawaii,  2006
- Saliya, C. A and Hooper, K  ” The Role of bank lending in sustaining income/wealth inequality in Sri Lanka.  Presentation,  at Auckland, New Zealand,  2007
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- Saliya, C. A   Bank capitalism in Sri Lanka favours protectionism under fa�ade of nationalism or patriotism, as a mean to protect the affluent class.  in the 6th Hawaii International Conference on Business,  year 2006,  Hawaii,   HICBUSINESS,   2006,
- Saliya, C. A   A critical Analysis of Performance of the Fiji Development Bank  in The Fiji Economy Update 2011,  year 2011,  Suva, Fiji,   at the University of the South Pacific,   16th September 2011,
BOOKS
- Saliya, C. A  ” The Role of bank lending in sustaining income/wealth inequality in Sri Lanka.” Auckland,  AUT,  2010,
- Saliya, C. A  ” Doing Research and Publishing.” Singapore,  Springer,  2022,  Edition 1st ,  pp.430,
- Saliya, C. A  ” ???? ???????: ??????? ???????????? ????????.” Colombo,  Author,  2022,  Edition 1st ,  pp.530,