In an initiative to establish a mutually rewarding partnership IIA Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan affiliate of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) of Florida, USA (globally recognized professional body related to the field of Internal Audit) and the Department of Management Audit (DMA) , Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies – recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

IIA Sri Lanka has entered into MOUs with selected institutions in order to provide greater benefits to its members through collaboration with such institutions. The main objective of these MOUs is to promote and nurture education and practice related to the field of Internal Auditing. In essence, these MOUs envisage to derive synergistic benefits of human and physical resources by capitalizing on the institutional strengths of the MOU partners. The MOU was signed by Numair Cassim (President – IIA SL) and K M M Siriwardana (Secretary to the Treasury and Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies) in the presence of representatives of executive committee members of IIA SL  and Senior Leadership of DMA  namely,  Nimal Gunawardana (Governor – IIA SL ), Surantha Jayatilake (Chair Advocacy Committee -IIA SL), A P Kurumbalapitiya (Director General DMA) and Sunil Jayasekera (Director – HRD DMA) .