Indrajit Coomaraswamy

Coomaraswamy joined the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in 1973, working as a staff officer in its Economic Research, Statistics and Bank Supervision divisions until 1989.^{[7][9][13][14]} He was seconded to the Ministry of Finance and Planning between 1981 and 1989 to provide advice on macroeconomic issues and structural reforms.^{[7][9][13][14][15]} He worked at the Commonwealth Secretariat from 1990 to 2008, holding various posts including Chief Officer, Economics in the International Finance and Markets Section; Director of the Economic Affairs Division; and Deputy-Director of the Secretary-General's Office.^{[7][9][13][14]} He was an advisor to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Project Minister of Economic Reforms, Science and Technology Milinda Moragoda between 2001 and 2002.^[15]

Coomaraswamy rejoined the Commonwealth Secretariat in 2010 as Interim Director of its Social Transformation Programme Division.^{[7][9][13][14]} He was special advisor to the controversial Galleon Group hedge fund.^[14] He was director of a British company called Galleon Research Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Galleon International Management LLC.^[16][17] He was appointed as a non-executive director of John Keells Holdings PLC in February 2011.^[13][18] He was appointed as a director of Tokyo Cement Group in March 2011.^[13][15][19] He worked briefly for Hatton National Bank and was a director of SEEDS (Guarantee) Limited.^[12][15][20] He was a member of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura's Board of Study (Public Administration) and a director of Nawaloka College of Higher Studies.^[21][22] He was later a senior advisor to Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama.^[23][24]

Coomaraswamy was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in July 2016, replacing Arjuna Mahendran whose tenure was mired by allegations of corruption.^[10][25][26] He resigned from the position in December 2019.^[27]

Coomaraswamy played rugby for Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club and captained the national team in the 1974 Rugby Asiad.^[8][11][13] He also played cricket for the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club.^[8][11][13]