Jit Gunaratne, elected president Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand
Business Council
Jit Gunaratne, president Consumer Foods Sector, JKH Group was elected
President of the Sri Lanka , Australia , New Zealand Business Council (SLANZBC)
of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce at their 16th Annual General meeting
held at Water's Edge, Battaramulla recently.
Seated (L to R) Ramya Perera - Vice President, Thusith
Samaraweera - Vice President, Lionel Silva ,Vice President,
Robyn Mudie - High Commissioner for Australia, Jit Gunaratne ,
President, Senaka Silva, Immediate Past President, Mark Francis
- Vice President, Satheeka Kavisekera - Secretariat, The Ceylon
Chamber of Commerce. Standing (L to R) Chandima Jayawardena (AG
International (Pvt) Ltd), Shameel Javadh (AUSTRADE), S. Mohandas
(Dart Global Logistics (Pvt) Ltd.), Kanishka
Samaraweera (Microcells Ltd.), Mano Tittawella (Copyline (Pvt)
Ltd.), Hiran Wickramasinghe (Informatics (Pvt) Ltd.), Kishani
Seneviratne (Westmann Engineering Co. Ltd), Ruwan Rajapakse (Hayleys
Agriculture Holdings Ltd.), Manjula
Lanerolle (Glolan International (Pvt) Ltd.), Samaji Senevirathna
(honorary member) |
Sharing his plan of activities for the Year 2012-2013, Gunaratne
mentioned that SLANZBC will strive and ensure to grow, develop and
endures as a strong and vibrant Business Council serving the needs of
the members and stakeholders.
Ramya Perera, Vice President “ Business Development of Infotechs
Ltd., Mark Francis, Executive Director of Malship Ceylon Ltd., Thusith
Samaraweera, General Manager of Waters Edge Ltd. and Lionel Silva,
Chairman of Lidechsi (Pvt) Ltd., were elected as Vice Presidents of the
Council respectively.
The following were elected to serve on the Committee for 2012-2013.
AG International (Pvt) Ltd., Copyline (Pvt) Ltd., Dart Global Logistics
Ltd., Fonterra Brands Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Glolan International (Pvt) Ltd.,
Hayleys Agriculture Holdings Ltd., Informatics (Pvt) Ltd., Mega Pharma (Pvt)
Ltd., Microcells Ltd., Sri Lankan Catering (Pvt) Ltd., Westmann
Engineering (Pvt) Ltd.
The event was graced by Robyn Mudie, High Commissioner for Australia
in Sri Lanka. Addressing the members the High Commissioner mentioned
that Sri Lanka has an enormous growth potential and is a stable,
peaceful country.
Robyn Mudie emphasized that the trade relationship between Sri Lanka
and Australia will continue to grow and High Commission of Australia
will closely work with SLANZBC to enhance trade relationship between the
two countries. |