‘Country needs to harness potential of peace’

Ramani KANGARAARACHCHI

It is the time to create value in place of work with commitment, discipline professionalism and leadership skills to transform the economy towards a brighter future, said Chief Executive Officer, Brandix Lanka Ltd Ashroff Omar chief guest at the Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka Business School Convocation 2012 addressing the MBA recipients at Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel Colombo on Friday.

He said the country now needs to harness the potential of peace and it is critical to retain world class management talent and the management degree received by them is a qualification they received in the right place at the right time. Regardless the stage in the career, the MBA is an educational pathway of continuous learning and personal development that will help to get a deeper understanding of the rapidly changing global economic environment and navigate the unknown with a new set of tools.

Sharing his longstanding experience with the industry he said, “team work is essential towards achieving the goal as one cannot deal alone as business grow. It is necessary to influence many people in business which goes a long way in success. “Fair play, perseverance and transparency are other tools that should be used in business success.

President CA Sri Lanka Sujeewa Rajapakse said that the CA Business School has systematically carved a comfortable niche in the business school market introducing world class programmes. Eighty eight graduates received the MBA from Southern Queensland University at the event. Guest of Honour and Executive Director, University of Southern Queensland Martin van Run also spoke.