Mr. Nayanakantha started his carrier as an Internal Audit Assistant at Ceylinco Group in the year 1982 and joined Auditor General’s Department in the year 1985 as a Superintendent of Audit. He was promoted as an Assistant Auditor General in the year 2004 and promoted as a Deputy Auditor General in the year 2009. Subsequently he was promoted to the post of Additional Auditor General in the year 2015. Since joining the Department he had the opportunity to direct the audit of all categories of State Organizations such as Ministries, Departments, Provincial Councils, Local Authorities, Banks, Corporations, Statutory Funds, Foreign Funded Projects as well as Locally Funded Projects. He has obtained B.Com Special degree from the University of Kelaniya. Mr. Nayanakantha holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management and a Diploma in English. In addition to above he is a Fellow Member of Institute of Public Finance and Development Accountancy and the Association of Public Finance Accountants of Sri Lanka. Further he is a Senior Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka. From the year 2006 to 2009 he is in charge of the Section on Surcharges on Local Authorities and Universities which needs a specific skill in the process of issuing surcharge notices, and on that experience he prepared a project report on Surcharge Procedure of Auditor General relating to the Local Authorities.