Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy was named Central Bank Governor of the Year, South Asia by popular publication house Global Capital at the Global Capital Markets Awards ceremony in Washington DC on 14 October 2017.

In an article on Global Capital Elliot Wilson wrote:  “South Asia is awash with highly capable central bank chiefs, yet Indrajit Coomaraswamy fully deserves this award for his unstinting professionalism and for ushering his country through some choppy waters over the past”.

President Maithripala Sirisena appointed Dr. Coomaraswamy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on June 2, 2016, replacing Arjuna Mahendran who is currently being investigated on insider trading charges.