Savitri Jayasinghe (née Vitarana; died 2024) was a banking executive from

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Biography

Jayasinghe's parents were Percy and Celia Vitarana. She was educated at Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya and later at Holy Family Convent,

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. She studied economics at the

University of Peradeniya The University of Peradeniya (, ) is a Public research university, public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka, University Grants Commission. It is the largest university in Sri Lanka, which was origin ...

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. She was appointed general manager of the

Bank of Ceylon Bank of Ceylon (BOC; Sinhala: ලංකා බැංකුව ''Lanka Bænkuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை வங்கி ''Ilangai Vangi'') is a state-owned, major commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Its head office is located in an iconic cyl ...

in 1996. Jayasinghe was an Associate and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Banking, London.

Personal life

Jayasinghe was married to Edmund Jayasinghe, a government official in the foreign service.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jayasinghe, Savitri 2024 deaths Sri Lankan bankers Alumni of the University of Peradeniya