Director General Development Finance
Mrs. Malarmathy Gangatharan
Mrs. Malarmathy Gangatharan, Director General of the Department of Development Finance is a Special Grade officer of the Sri Lanka Planning Service who has been serving in the public services for 29 years. She joined the Sri Lanka Planning Service in 1994 and after completion of her four months in-service training she was appointed as an Assistant Director to the Department of National Planning (NPD) in May 1994.
In 2004, she was appointed as a Deputy Director of the Department of National Budget (NBD) where she has been promoted as the Director of the department and worked there until 2010. The following year, she was appointed as the Director in-charge of World Bank Division of the External Resources Department (ERD). In March 2012 she was assigned to the Department of National Planning, and following year she was appointed as the Additional Director General of the Department. Then She was promoted as the Director General of the Department of Development Finance in 2023.
Mrs. Malarmathy Gangatharan holds a Master’s in Transport Economics from the University of Leeds, UK. She also holds Post Graduate Diploma’s in Transportation from University of Moratuwa and Development Studies from Institute of Developing Economies Advanced School (IDEAS), Japan. She is a graduate from the University of Jaffna earned BA (Hons) Degree in Economics, Sociology and Political Science.
She has represented the General Treasury as a Board Director in several statutory institutions and currently she serves as a member of the Board of Directors in National Institute of Education, National Livestock Development Board and State Pharmaceutical Corporation of Sri Lanka. In addition, she served and contributed in policy related development matters to several Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committees, Cabinet Appointed Negotiation Committees, Technical Evaluation Committees and Presidential Task Force.
Email: dgdf@dfd.treasury.gov.lk