BOC Annual Report wins Gold in New York

Bank of Ceylon had for the second time running been awarded Gold for their Annual Report in the prestigious International ARC Awards.

Chairman Bank of Ceylon Dr. Gamini Wickramasinghe received the award from Tracy Byrnes renowned reporter of the Fox Business Network.

ARC Awards are considered the most prestigious of the international awards schemes for Annual Reports. This was the 22nd year of the competition. Over 2000 entries vied for an ARC this year.

They included Fortune 500 companies, FTSE 100 companies plus the top companies in their respective countries around the world. Only the top 25% scoring entries become eligible for a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Merit Award at the ARC Awards. Gold and Silver awards are not given in every category unless the entries reach the ARC standard.

The judging is conducted by a distinguished panel of judges from the Annual Report Producing and Financial Analysts communities mainly from the United States.

Among this year’s panel of Judges was Chairman, Smart Media Dr. Vijith Kannangara.