2013 Budget Forum: Reaction to budget proposals by industry leaders

KPMG Sri Lanka, together with a leading TV channel, is to conduct a live forum on the 2013 fiscal proposals in an islandwide broadcast on November 8, 2012, as to how industry leaders react to the fiscal proposals. Moderated by Reyaz Mihular, Managing Partner of KPMG Sri Lanka, the broadcast in English would feature a panel of industry leaders who would share their perspectives on the proposals and the perceived impacts on a number of industries, including financial services, consumer markets, tourism, agriculture, manufacturing and industry.

A highlight of this programme would be a discussion with an eminent panel comprising Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Governor of the Central Bank, Rajendra Theagarajah, Managing Director, Hatton National Bank, Kumar Jayasuriya, Chairman of Finlays Colombo PLC, Hiran Cooray, Chairman of Jetwing Hotels Limited and Director of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Hemaka Amarasuriya, Chairman of Singer Sri Lanka PLC and the National Development Bank, Anura Ekanayake, Immediate Past Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Suresh Shah, Vice Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Managing Director of Lion Brewery Ceylon PLC. Suresh Perera, Principal Tax & Regulatory of KPMG Sri Lanka, would present the salient points of the proposals and their potential impacts.

The panel for the broadcast in Sinhala moderated by Suresh Perera, Principal of Tax & Regulatory of KPMG in Sri Lanka, would also include Kshanika Hirimburegama, Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, W. K. H. Wegapitiya, Chairman of Laugfs Holdings and R.P.L Weerasinghe, a former Commissioner General of Inland Revenue and a former Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Planning.

The broadcast in Tamil moderated by Ranjani Joseph, Partner, KPMG in Sri Lanka, would comprise Jegan Durairatnam, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Bank of Ceylon, S. Nagarajah, Executive Vice President, Finance, of the DFCC Bank and P. Nirmalan, Commercial Director of Softlogic Retail.