Mr. A. N. Hapugala Director General, Department of Treasury Operations, Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka, has served in the public sector for more than thirty years, beginning in 1992 as an Accountant of the Sri Lanka accounting service including twenty years in Treasury. Mr. Hapugala holds a Master's Degree in Financial Economics from the University of Colombo and a Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc.) in Management from Sri Jayawardenapura University in Sri Lanka. Additionally, he has obtained two Post Graduate Diplomas in Accountancy from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura in Sri Lanka and Diploma in Public Finance Management in the Institute of Development Administration.  Further, he in Member of the Association of Public Finance Accountants from the Institute of Chartered Accountancy of Sri Lanka.