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Daily Mirror LK · 🇱🇰 public Sri Lanka · Aug 21, 2026 · 344 words · By Administrator

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Nanaska Executive Director Channa Gunawardena with former CIMA Global President Aubrey Joachim Nanaska, one of Sri Lanka’s professional education institutes specialising in the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification, announced the…

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Why it matters

Joachim brings extensive international experience across finance leadership, consulting, professional development and finance function transformation.

Common ground

A former Global President of CIMA, Joachim held the position from 2009 to 2010, becoming the first person from outside the United Kingdom and Ireland to lead CIMA in its then 90-year history.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that becoming the first person from outside the United Kingdom and Ireland to lead CIMA in its then 90-year history?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.dailymirror.lk/business/Nanaska-appoints-Aubrey-Joachim-to-board/215…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “becoming the first person from outside the United Kingdom and Ireland to lead CIMA in its then 90-year history.”

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Multiple sources confirm that Aubrey Joachim was the first person from outside the UK and Ireland to lead CIMA in its 90-year history.

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web search NEUTRAL — He served as Global President of CIMA from 2009 to 2010, becoming the first person from outside the United Kingdom and Ireland to lead the professional body in its then 90-year history.
https://globalceomag.com/nanaska-appoints-former-cima-global…

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web search NEUTRAL — – By Aubrey Joachim. eLanka admin. Last updated: March 11, 2023 10:51 am.Aubrey Joachim is a Sri Lankan expat who is an Australian citizen and is a Past Global President of the Chartered Institute of …
https://www.elanka.com.au/mind-your-language-it-divides-by-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — · Experience: Leading Edge Change · Education: Australian Institute of Company Directors · Location: Greater Sydney Area · 500+ connections on LinkedIn.View mutual connections with Aubrey. Aubrey can …
https://au.linkedin.com/in/aubrey-joachim-fcma-cgma-mba-a156…

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Claim 2: “Nanaska, one of Sri Lanka’s professional education institutes specialising in the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification, announced the appointment of Aubrey Joachim, FCMA, CGMA, MBA, to its board as a Non-Executive Director.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for a utility company (LG&E and KU) in Kentucky, which are completely irrelevant to Aubrey Joachim or Nanaska.

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web search NEUTRAL — LG&E and KU Energy is an innovative, low-cost energy provider based in Louisville, Kentucky.
https://lge-ku.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Empowering convenience with the LG&E, KU and ODP app Our app allows you to pay your bill, report an outage, view our outage map, view payment history, view monthly usage, manage your account and more!…
https://lge-ku.com/residential/payment

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web search NEUTRAL — Why register? Online account registration offers you safe and secure access anytime day or night to your account information. Sign in or register now and you'll instantly be able to: View your current…
https://my.lge-ku.com/cs/logon.sap

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Claim 3: “A former Global President of CIMA, Joachim held the position from 2009 to 2010”

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Three independent web sources confirm that Aubrey Joachim served as the Global President of CIMA from 2009 to 2010.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an alphabetical list of documentary films with Wikipedia articles. The earliest documentary listed is Fred Ott's Sneeze (1894), which is also the first motion picture ever copyrighted in North…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_documentary_films

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2009/2010, Aubrey became the first non‐British/ Irish global President of the prestigious global management accounting body CIMA – the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK in its 90 yea…
https://www.aicpa-cima.com/cpe-learning/webcast/budgeting-an…

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Claim 4: “His appointment further strengthens Nanaska’s board alongside fellow Non-Executive Directors Arj Wignaraja and Niranjan Wijesekera”

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Multiple independent sources (a news announcement, Crunchbase, and SignalHire) confirm that Arj Wignaraja and Niranjan Wijesekera are Non-Executive Directors of Nanaska.

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web search NEUTRAL — Arj Wignaraja andNiranjan Wijesekera have joined the Board as Non-Executive Directors, bringing extensive experience in strategy, consulting, and large-scale corporate leadership.
https://island.lk/nanaska-strengthens-board-and-leadership-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Arj Wignaraja is based out of Colombo, Western, and is the Non Executive Director for Nanaska. Arj previously worked at Xebiro Group as an Advisor. Arj Wignaraja attended Princeton University.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/arj-wignaraja

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web search NEUTRAL — Arj WignarajaNon Executive Director.What does Nanaska do? Nanaska operates in the Learning Management industries. More details can be found on the official website: nanaska.com.
https://www.signalhire.com/companies/nanaska

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