Golds Crown Seylan Bank’s Annual Report 2009

Seylan Bank’s Annual Report for 2009 - “The Case Study” - won dual Golds at the recent Vision Awards 2009 organized by the League of American Communications Professionals LLC (LACP) Annual Report Competition.

Eastman Narangoda

Seylan Bank won a Gold Award for the ‘Best Annual Report’ in the Banking Category as well as the Gold for the ‘Most Improved Annual Report in the Asia Pacific Region’.

Seylan Bank also won a Gold, three Bronzes and an Honours Award at the recent 24th ARC Awards International 2010.

It won a Gold Award for the ‘Chairman’s Letter’, three Bronze Awards for ‘Non Traditional Annual Report’, ‘Cover Photo/Design’ and ‘Interior Design’. The Honours Award was for ‘Photography’.

Seylan Bank Chairman Eastman Narangoda said that these awards were, in a broader sense, an international endorsement of the Bank’s performance and credibility. “When Seylan Bank went through its darkest period, all odds were against it. There were many who predicted the imminent collapse of the Bank. However thanks to the farsighted and timely intervention of the Government of Sri Lanka through the Central Bank, Seylan Bank rose again, Phoenix-like,” he said.

“Our intention in ‘The Case Study’ was to tell this story transparently and candidly, heartened that the worst is behind us and that we can already point to positively measurable signs of progress.

Establishing a new benchmark in Sri Lankan financial reporting, we have dedicated this handsome 253 page leather bound volume to our stakeholders. It takes a closer and perceptive look at the extraordinary efforts that restored financial stability to Seylan Bank,” he added.