HNB powers CA Sri Lanka with lead sponsorship
Hatton National Bank (PLC) will power the countries national
accounting body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA
Sri Lanka) with a lead sponsorship for the year 2012.
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(L-R) Secretary/CEO - CA Sri Lanka, Aruna Alwis; Vice
President, CA Sri Lanka, Mr. Arjuna Herath; President CA Sri
Lanka, Sujeewa Rajapakse; Managing Director / CEO - Hatton
National Bank PLC, R. Theagarajah; and Deputy General
Manager Human Resources and Administration, Hatton National
Bank PLC, Mancius Paiva. |
As one of the countries premier private sector commercial banks, the
lead sponsorship extended to CA Sri Lanka will ensure and assist the
Institute in carrying out its numerous educational and professional
development activities for the benefit of its students, members and
professionals from other sectors.
Rajendra Theagarajah, Managing Director/CEO of Hatton National Bank,
speaking at the event stated that HNB is pleased to renew the Lead
sponsorship to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Sri Lanka for
the fifth consecutive year.
He further stated that CA Sri Lanka being the foremost National
Accountancy Body of the country is responsible for setting up of
accountancy and auditing standards in the country and HNBs continuous
sponsorship support to the Institute emphasizes the importance the bank
places in promoting professionalism and best practices in accountancy
and auditing.
The sponsorship he noted will facilitate the key events planned by
the Institute for the calendar year 2012/2013
Welcoming HNB onboard, CA Sri Lanka President Sujeewa Rajapakse noted
that as one of the largest private sector banks in the country, HNB’s
continuous patronage over the years as a lead sponsor is an endorsement
of the Institutes mission to serving the society by promoting and
developing accounting expertise while ensuring the highest level of
integrity and competence. “I am very pleased to welcome HNB onboard this
year too as a lead sponsor and I believe this will be a tremendously
beneficial relationship both for HNB and CA Sri Lanka,” Rajapakse noted.
CA Sri Lanka is one of the countries largest professional
organisations with a membership of over 4200 and a student population of
over 37,000 aspiring chartered accountants, making it one of the largest
tertiary education establishments in the country outside the university
system. |
