NDB’s Annual Report gains global acclaim

NDB’s Annual Report 2011 gained noteworthy global acclaim being ranked amongst the world’s Top 100 as well as Asia Pacific’s Top 50 whilst winning two Platinum awards and one Gold award at the Vision Awards 2011 conducted by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP). The Vision Awards is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious competitions assessing annual reporting from all over the globe.

NDB won the Platinum award for the best Annual Report in the commercial bank category. NDB also grabbed the Gold award for the most improved Annual Report across all categories worldwide along with the Platinum Award for the most improved Annual Report across all categories in the Asia Pacific region this year. According to the rankings of LACP, NDB was placed 6 amongst the Top 50 Annual Reports of the Asia Pacific region and 32nd amongst the Top 100 Annual Reports of the world. This world ranking is a prestigious win for NDB as it places Sri Lanka in prime position in the rankings, surpassing such global giants as Boeing Corporation, WPP, Daimler AG, China Telecom and Commerzebank AG; all of whose annual reports were also ranked among the global top 100. Commenting on this achievement, Chief Operating Officer at NDB, Indrajit Wickramasinghe said, “NDB has yet again made waves in the country by gaining significant international recognition this time for its Annual Report 2011.

This is a momentous win for NDB and we are indeed privileged to have merited such high awards and ranking both regionally and worldwide from such a prestigious international agency, in competition with some of the world’s largest global business entities.

Recently NDB was presented the award for “Best Commercial Bank in Sri Lanka’ by the World Finance Magazine, UK in recognition of the Bank’s commitment to continued excellence and superior service to its customers.

NDB Investment Bank was also selected as the ‘Best Investment Bank in Sri Lanka’ by Euromoney Magazine a few days ago.

These awards and rankings vindicate NDB’s exhortation to its stakeholders to ‘Watch This Space’, as the bank engages in a journey of achievement and growth towards making a meaningful contribution to its customers, shareholders and the Nation”.