Cambridge University Press & Assessment has opened a new office at the World Trade Center in Colombo and moved to a directly employed Sri Lankan team, operating through Cambridge University Press & Assessment Lanka (Pvt) Ltd from 1 August 2026, Hiru News reported.
The organisation is part of the University of Cambridge and combines education, assessment, research and publishing operations.
What the Colombo office covers
The Sri Lankan team supports Cambridge’s full range of local operations — Cambridge International Education, Cambridge English, publishing and learning resources — together with sales, marketing, customer support and operations. It also works with government and institutional partners on Sri Lankan education-sector priorities.
Zahara Ansary, Country Head for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, said the office and local team would give Cambridge a stronger base for building relationships with the country’s education community and responding to local needs.
Arun Rajamani, Managing Director for South Asia, said Sri Lanka remained an important part of the regional operation, supported by an established education community and relationships built over many years.
The numbers behind the move
Cambridge said the past year was particularly strong in Sri Lanka, recording its highest-ever volumes in resource sales, with 10 new schools joining its school community and nearly 50,000 Cambridge English examinations delivered across the country, including Young Learners English (YLE).
A two-stage move, not a new arrival
This is the execution of a step Cambridge flagged a year ago. In September 2025 it announced at a Colombo event that it would establish a Sri Lankan legal entity to work more closely with schools and partners. Saturday’s announcement is that entity becoming operational with premises and directly employed staff — a distinct stage, not a repeat of the 2025 announcement.
Readers searching this story should note that the 2025 announcement still ranks highly in search results and names the same executives.
Not reported
The report does not give the size of the local team, the value of the investment, the number of Cambridge-affiliated schools now in Sri Lanka, or how the directly employed model replaces whatever representation arrangement preceded it.
LankaNewz found no other verified newsroom reporting this announcement at the time of publication.
