Investing in Sri Lanka:

Sri Lankan diaspora in UK shows confidence

The BOI with the Sri Lanka High Commission in UK organized a meeting with the diaspora at the Sri Lanka High Commission in UK on June 29.

The objective of this meeting is to engage the Sri Lankan diaspora to create awareness on investment opportunities in Sri Lanka.

The meeting was chaired by Justice Nihal Jayasinghe who made the welcome address, which was followed by a presentation by Director (Promotion and Mega Projects), BOI Vidharshan Fernando on Investment Opportunities in Sri Lanka focusing on opportunities in the North and the East.

A presentation was also made by the Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM) Mano Sekram. A delegation from SLASSCOM was visiting London coinciding the meeting with the diaspora.

The presentation by SLASSCOM highlighted how to attract FDI in to Sri Lanka and seek additional business opportunities in the IT/BPO sector. The delegation from SLASSCOM comprised 10 leading IT companies. The BOI delegation also included Executive Assistant (Promotion) Ruvini Weerasekera.

Over 30 diaspora participants in diversified areas of interest such as IT, Accounting, Education, Legal and Engineering attended the meeting, followed by a discussion/ question and answer session.