Aitken Spence lead sponsor for CA SL
Sri Lanka’s leading blue-chip conglomerate, Aitken Spence PLC has
come onboard as a lead sponsor for the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) to help carry out its
development activities for the year.
Secretary/CEO CA Sri Lanka, Aruna Alwis; Vice President CA
Sri Lanka, Arjuna Herath; President CA Sri Lanka, Sujeewa
Rajapakse; Deputy Chairman / Managing Director - Aitken
Spence PLC J M S Brito, Chief Financial Officer, Aitken
Spence PLC Ms. Nilanthi Sivapragasam and Director/Chief
Human Resources Officer Aitken Spence Group Ltd Rohan
Pandithakoralage at the event. |
This is the second year in a row, Aitken Spence has reposed its
confidence with the countrys national body of accountants, which is
among the foremost and largest professional organisations in the country
with a membership of 4200 chartered accountants and over 37,000 students
aspiring to be chartered accountants. The sponsorship will assist the
institute to carry out its numerous educational and professional
activities for the benefit of its students, members and even
professionals from non-accounting sectors throughout the year.
Welcoming Aitken Spence onboard for the year 2012, CA Sri Lanka
President Sujeewa Rajapakse commended the country’s leading blue-chip
conglomerate for playing an important role in assisting the Institute to
conduct its activities and help advance the accounting profession
further. Aitken Spences role as a lead sponsor for a second year is also
an endorsement of the institutes mission to continue to serve society by
promoting and developing the accountancy sector continuously, he said.
Aitken Spences Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, J. M. S. Brito
stated that Aitken Spence with its leadership in several strategic
sectors of the Sri Lankan economy is steadfast in fulfilling its
responsibilities to society as a part of its commitment to sustainable
business which results in shared value creation.
As an industry leader, Aitken Spence has over the years, pioneered
many new innovations and best practices across many of the sectors it
operates in, which has helped raise the bar of business performance in
Sri Lanka.
“We take our responsibility to engage and contribute positively to
the economy and society as a fundamental aspect of how we do business.
It is in this light that we are pleased to announce our continued
support to CA Sri Lanka, which is one of Sri Lankas oldest and largest
professional bodies, with the aim of strengthening the countrys human
capital to drive Sri Lankas development towards a sustainable path,” he
added.
A chartered accountant himself, Brito noted that chartered
accountants have over the years played an important role in the growth
and development of Aitken Spence. |