CIM Sri Lanka Corporate Dinner Meeting:

Lessons from the Lankan economy

"Lessons from the Sri Lankan Economy and the way forward - a marketeer's perspective" was a corporate dinner meeting organized by the CIM Member Group - The Maldives Chapter under the patronage of the CIM Sri Lanka Region, held recently in Male.

Chitrangani Herat Gunaratne, Rohantha Athukorala, Dr. Ahmed Anwar, Ahmed Ali Manik, Shiraz Latiff and Adil Deen.

The Keynote Speaker was Rohantha Athukorala, National Portfolio Development Manager to Sri Lanka and The Maldives of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). State Minister for Higher Education, Ahmed Ali Manik, Villa College Rector Dr. Ahmed Anwar, were also among the high profile audience.

Senior Vice Chairperson and Regional Director for South Asia of CIM Sri Lanka Region Chitrangani Herat Gunaratne, and CIM Sri Lanka Region Immediate Past Chairman Shiraz Latiff, were also present.

"Lessons from the Sri Lankan Economy and the way forward - a marketeer's perspective" was the second program organized by the CIM Maldives Chapter for corporates.

The program was well attended and the response was encouraging. The CIM Maldives Chapter intends to organize similar programs in future too, to educate the corporates on the role of marketing in economic development.

The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK is the world's largest and most prestigious professional body for marketing with over 60,000 members worldwide.

The Member Group - Maldives Chapter is the first ever CIM Member Group in the South Asia Region.