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Spencer King, president and Chief Executive Officer International Executive Service Corps (IESC) who arrived in Sri Lanka on May 17 will be here till May 24. He will meet officials in the private sector as well as the Government to explore opportunities to strengthen IESC ties with Sri Lanka.

IESC is a large non-profit business development organisation worldwide. Founded in 1964 by US philanthropist David Rockefeller and then President Lyndon Johnson, IESC has been working to increase the competitiveness of entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized firms in the developing world and emerging democracies using over 13,000 US volunteers.

IESC extends its assistance to also strengthen governmental, non-governmental and business support organisations. Sri Lanka received more than 400 US volunteer consultants during IESC's presence from 1984 to the end of TIPS Program in 2000.

At present, IESC works in many countries in trade liberalisation and manages programs in countries including Jordan and Morocco under a "Fast Track" mechanism to assist firms take advantage of the opportunities afforded through new Free Trade Agreements with US.

Spencer King worked closely with the Export Development Board and Department of Commerce.

On industrial environmental pollution issues, he worked with the Ministry of Environmental Affairs and established an office of US-Asia Partnership Program in Colombo with funding from USAID.

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