'More joint ventures between Lanka and Malaysia'
The 18th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Malaysia Business
Council (SLMBC) was held at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce recently an
Mrs. Dushy Jayaweera, Director/General Manager, Hemas Air Services (Pvt)
Ltd was elected to continue as the President of the Council for the year
2012/2013.
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Seated From Left: Manjula Thawalampitiya, Epic Lanka Group,
Vice President, SLMBC, H. E. Azmi Zainuddin, High
Commissioner for Malaysia in Sri Lanka, Dushy Jayaweera,
Hemas Air Services (Pvt) Ltd, President, SLMBC, Kevin De
Silva, Malship (Ceylon) Limited, Immediate Past President,
SLMBC, Tilak N. Gunawardena, Attorney-at-Law, Nirmali
Samaratunga, Mackwoods Ltd, Anisha Dias, Manager, The Ceylon
Chamber of Commerce Standing From Left: Keerthi Jayasuriya,
International Scholar Educational Services (Pvt) Ltd, Angelo
Fernando, Public Bank Berhad, Fairoze Burah, Amana Bank
Limited, Khalid M Farouk, Ilham Inspiration Sri Lanka,
Ramanan David, Dialog Axiata PLC, Srian Wijeyesakare,
Pussellawa Plantations Limited, Nazvi Hassan, Chemanex
Limited, Ranjan Nadesapillai, Ranjan Nadesapillai
Associates, Tony Wazir, Sena Gem Trading House (Pvt) Ltd,
Aashiq Lafir, United Motors Lanka PLC |
Azmi Zainuddin, High Commissioner for Malaysia in Sri Lanka and Chief
Guest in his speech stated that he looks forward to future support of
the council for various activities and also stated that the High
commission looks forward to support the council in all its activities.
She mentioned that the incoming Committee would encourage more joint
ventures between Sri Lanka and Malaysia, exchange information on trade &
investment, conduct joint meetings with Malaysian business organizations
in Sri Lanka and Malaysia and will serve as a recognized representative
of the business sector interests in Sri Lanka.
Mrs. Nilrukshi De Silva, Head of Business Development, Macksons
Paints Lanka (Pvt) Ltd and Manjula Thawalampitiya, Senior Vice President
- Finance & Administration, Epic Lanka Group were appointed as Vice
Presidents respectively.
Nazvi Hassan, Group Marketing Manager- Exports, Chemanex Limited,
Keerthi Jayasuriya, Chairman/CEO, International Scholar Educational
Services (Pvt) Ltd, Ramanan David, General Manager, Dialog Axiata PLC,
Fairoze Burah, Head of Administration, Amana Bank Limited, Khalid
Farouk, Director, Ilham - Inspiration Sri Lanka, Angelo Fernando,
Country Head, Public Bank Berhad, Tony Wazir, Director, Sena Gems
Trading House (Pvt) Ltd, Aashiq Lafir, Executive Director-Finance,
United Motors Lanka PLC, Siran Wijeyesakare, General Manager(Rubber),
Pussellawa Plantations Limited, Archt. Ranjan Nadesapillai, Principal
Architect, Ranjan Nadesapillai Associates, Mrs. Nirmali Samaratunga,
Co-Chairperson/Joint Managing Director, Mackwoods Ltd, and Tilak N
Gunawardena, Attorney-at-Law were elected to the Committee.
The Council, which focuses on the objectives of 'promoting
investment, trade and joint ventures between Sri Lanka and Malaysia',
functions under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Membership
of the Council is open to individual persons, partnerships, companies,
corporations or other organizations engaged in trade, tourism or
services with Malaysia or engaged in joint ventures with Malaysian
organizations or interested in entering into or promoting trade,
tourism, services or joint ventures with Malaysian organizations. |
