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Aviva NDB Awards Night:
Best wealth planners shine
Aviva NDB rewarded the company’s most outstanding performers at a
glittering Awards Night that brought together 800 Wealth Planners.
Award winning Aviva NDB Wealth Planners Piyal Ratnayake,
D.G.A. Swarna, Chaminda Dissanayake, Lankanatha Meegahapola,
Mahesh Jayawarna and Malanga Galappaththi. |
Their achievements were a proven testimony to the trust and
confidence the award winners have gained through dedication and
commitment to customer care.
They have succeeded in attaining impressive sales records
outstripping their colleagues.
Managing Director of Aviva NDB, Shah Rouf said: “Our sales people are
the spear point of our business and their proud achievements should be
applauded and acknowledged, not only to reward excellent performance but
more importantly, to demonstrate to all our customers how appreciative
we are of our front liners.
They are after all the closest and most vital link between
policyholders and the Company. They have done a tremendous job during a
difficult year, and I sincerely congratulate all those who have proved
their mettle and achieved brilliantly.”
D.G.A. Swarna, the only lady Wealth Planner among the top six, was
the best with, winning the coveted honour of Best Financial Services
Advisor Life.
Her performance entitled her planner, to the position of ‘Top of the
Table’ at the Million Dollar Round Table conference attended only by the
world’s highest ranking sales professionals.
In addition, she has secured another accolade, the highly prestigious
International Quality Award (IQA) presented by the world’s premier Life
Insurance Marketing and Research Association.
These are the world’s highest achievements an insurance sales person
can accomplish.
Chaminda Dissanayake won the award for the Best Team for Life and
Piyal Ratnayake won the trophy for Best Distribution Manager Life. Among
the General insurance achievers, Lankanatha Meegahapola became the Best
Sales Person, with Mahesh Jayawarna receiving the Best Team award.
Malanga Galappaththi was presented with the Best Business Development
Manager award.
Apart from the top winners, there were 18 Gold award recipients and
two who received the Platinum award.
There were altogether 16 MDRT and nine IQA winners. Distribution
Direct Sales Force Director Upali Wijesinghe said: “I congratulate our
award winning Wealth Planners for surpassing target expectations and
truly proving themselves to be ‘The Team you can Trust.’ Their
performance is an inspiration for all Wealth Planners.
This year we have an apt theme of the convention: Insurance powered
by Technology.
Our Aviva NDB Wealth Planners are being equipped with laptops to meet
today’s challenging IT-savvy environment and our customers can look
forward to a faster, more efficient service even from remote locations.”
A highlight of the evening was the presentation of an Award for
Excellence to the internationally renowned artist Senaka Senanayake.
The company has customarily presented the award to distinguished
persons whose achievements were a source of encouragement and
inspiration to Wealth Planners with ambitious goals.
Locally manufactured computers receive US
certification:
EZY computers receive US Energy Star certification
EZY Computers have received the prestigious United States
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star qualification: EZY
Holdings, CEO Shafraz Hamzadeen said that this qualification underlined
their commitment to their customers.
Shafraz Hamzadeen and EZY Infotech CEO Jude Tissera |
The EPA Energy Star Computers program is a partnership effort with
the computer industry to promote the introduction of energy efficient
personal computers, monitors and printers.
‘Energy Stars’ are energy efficient computers and related systems
that save energy by powering down and going to ‘sleep’ when not being
used, thus saving consumers a tremendous amount of energy.
Energy Star computers have all the performance features of a regular
computer, it simply has the additional ability to power down.
“Reducing energy consumption can help to combat smog, acid rain and
global warming by reducing emissions from electricity generation.
By using more energy efficient equipment in our homes, offices and
factories, we can both improve the environment and save money”, said
Hamzadeen.
The EPA has signed partnership agreements with industry leading
manufacturers who sell more than 75 percent of all desktop computers and
90 percent of all laser printers sold in the US.
“Computer equipment is the fastest growing electric load in the
business world and the saving that Energy Star certified computers can
make will have a tremendous impact on any company’s bottom line”,
Hamzadeen said.
Enumerating the advantages of Energy Star certified computers,
Hamzadeen said they were quieter, emit fewer electro magnetic fields,
increase file security and produce significantly less heat, whilst being
a far less intrusive desk top item.
“We care about our customers, and in today’s tough times the least we
could do to help them would be to make available equipment that consumes
less power when compared to that of a traditional computer”, he said.
EZY introduced themselves to the Sri Lankan market with the launch of
the revolutionary slim in size, slim in price EZY Slimtop, which saved
more than 60 percent of power consumed by an ordinary PC. EZY, who
recently introduced the Intel dual core powered EZY Optimax will
introduce a wider range of computers and laptops with the Energy Star
certification by October this year.
The Company’s factory which is located in Ratmalana has an investment
of over US $ 3 million, with over 100 staffers on the factory floor
alone involved in pre engineering, manufacturing, quality testing and
shipping.
“We have an automated manufacturing line, continuous static
discharge, burn testing, as well as performance testing” said Hamzadeen.
EZY’s current manufacturing capacity stands at 210,000 computers per
annum, running on three shifts a day.
“We have plans to increase our production capacity to 400,000 within
the next three years, not just for local consumption but export as well.
We want to take the ‘Made in Sri Lanka’ tag globally and the Energy
Star qualification will definitely be an added advantage”, Hamzadeen
said.
Rainbow pages ties up with Ceylinco-CISCO
At the blood donation campaign |
SLT Publications (Pvt) Ltd popularly known as Rainbow Pages, which is
a subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom tied up with Ceylinco-CISCO to promote
their products and services islandwide.
Ceylinco-CISCO CEO Vipul Hettige said, as a result of this
collaboration with one of the best directory publishing and marketing
companies in Sri Lanka, we will get maximum visibility and people will
become more aware of their products and services.’ The SLT Rainbow Pages
CEO Malraj Balapitiya said that, it was a privilege to work with one of
the most popular security companies in Sri Lanka and Rainbow Pages would
do their utmost, using their extensive and high tech and
state-of-the-art marketing solutions to enable Ceylinco-CISCO to broad
base their products and services islandwide.
SLT Rainbow Pages, Sales and Marketing General Manager R. N.
Wijetunga, Account Executive E. R. G. Ranawaka and Ceylinco-CISCO
Director Operations Brig. Udena Kendaragama, General
Manager/Administration, Eshantha De Silva and Finance and Administration
General Manager Helakumara Wijeratne participated on this occasion.
Asian Paints trains local painters
Asian Paints Lanka has launched a series of training programs to
upgrade and certify the skills of local painters, in an initiative to
promote professionalism among these artisans.
Besides covering the general principles of painting, the training
programs are also designed to train painters to work with Asian Paints
Royale Play products, the company said.
The training sessions are conducted at the Asian Paints factory in
Moratuwa, and are free of charge.
Participants in the two-day training course are provided with food
and those who travel from distant areas are provided with free
accommodation as well.
At the end of each program, a certificate and an ID card that serves
as accreditation to work with Asian Paints Royale Play paint are issued
to each painter who successfully completes the training course.
“We have recognized the importance of enhancing the skills of the
painters on painting techniques because there are many Royale Play
customers on the waiting list for qualified painters,” said Asian Paints
Lanka Director and General Manager Joseph L. Pulikottil.
“The fact that Asian Paints is the only paint company in Sri Lanka to
launch an initiative of this nature, demonstrates our commitment to
promoting best practice in our industry,” he said.
The company has trained 110 painters this year to date. Pulikottil
said the company incurs around Rs,18,000 per painter on this program and
expects to produce 200 qualified painters per year.
Painters who complete the training session successfully and bring in
business are also provided with the respective Royale Play tools needed
for the job free of charge by the company.
This enables painters to collect the complete Royale Play tool kit
which comprises of a Natural Sea Sponge tool, Special Effects Brush
tool, Ragging Roller, Special Effects Comb, Spatula tool and a
Colourwash sponge.
Asian Paints has already completed training sessions for painters
from Colombo, Galle, Kurunegala, Kandy, Ampara and Batticaloa districts.
Painters are selected for this program through the company’s ColourWorld
dealer network.
SLT blood donation campaign
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), held its bi-annual blood donation campaign
at the company head office premises last week. This blood donation
campaign was held to commemorate the Wesak and Poson season.
At the blood donation campaign |
SLT Chief Executive Officer Greg Young, said, “In the past, due to
the war climate, there was a great need for blood for the wounded
soldiers. Even though this is not a pressing need at the moment due to
the cessation of the war, there is still an urgent need for blood in the
country. The donation of blood will either help to improve, or in many
cases even save the life of someone. So I personally believe that this
is a very important service that everyone who is able to, should fulfil
to the community.
I sincerely appreciate the enthusiasm and co-operation demonstrated
by our staff towards this cause. I am proud of the continued success of
these campaigns and I thank all our staff who generously made
donations.”
SLT has been organizing these blood donation campaigns for the past
15 years, with the help of the Blood Bank. This is an ongoing corporate
social responsibility of SLT, conducted twice every year.
Singha Cement for disabled soldiers
Seva Vanitha Army Branch Rohini Wasantha Kumara, Kanchana
Herath Colin Nelson and Lt Colonel T Balasuriya. |
Singha Cement donated a significant quantity of cement for the
construction of the homes of 150 families in the Varikuttu Uru village
in Vavuniya, last month. “When the Seva Vanitha Army Branch requested us
for cement in order to help build homes for our disabled soldiers, we
had no hesitation in agreeing to their request,” said Singha Cement’s
Managing Director Colin Nelson.
AMF selects OpenArc Small Finance Company Software Solution
Associated Motor Finance Company (AMF) selected the totally
integrated Finance software solution offered by OpenArc for the
automation of their business operations covering leasing, hire purchase,
loans, deposits management and online integrated General Ledger.
With the signing of this contract OpenArc further consolidated its
leadership position in the Leasing and Finance software market in Sri
Lanka enjoying over 75 percent market share. AMF selected OpenArc
Systems Management as their long term IT partner to supply and implement
leasing, hire purchase, loans, deposits, savings, real estate, pawning
and General Ledger systems after careful evaluation of proposals made by
many software companies. The evaluation was based on system
functionality, technology used, past experience, software development
standards and methodologies, and the strength of professional staff.
Having been in business over nineteen years in the past, primarily as
a successful product based company, OpenArc has captured the market
leadership in Sri Lanka for their products in many sectors and earned a
reputation as a long term quality IT service provider. OpenArc
specializes in business software for Merchant Banking and Finance, Stock
markets, Manufacturing and Trading sectors and develops totally
integrated Sri Lankan software solutions on current technology platforms
such as Java, .Net, Progress, and PHP.
OpenArc is an ISO 9001:2000 quality certified and CMMI Assessed
software company with a professional team qualified in
multi-disciplinary industrial sectors such as Engineering, IT,
Accountancy and Management.
The company has come a long way in the local software industry with
proven track record and has the distinction of computerizing 33 leasing
and finance companies. |