GSK honours long serving employees
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the leading pharmaceuticals and vaccines
company in Sri Lanka, has felicitated 19 employees for loyal service to
the company at the 2012 edition of its annual Long Service Awards.
Representatives of GSK senior management with Niranjala
Abeysuriya, Shobanie Munaweera, S. Naulla and PW Rodrigo who
completed 25 years; Anoma Siriwardena, M. A. Noel Abeysiri,
Shyamali Peiris, H. Sonali Anne Fernando, Priyanka Mendis,
Heyshan Fernando and Nazmi Jabeer who completed 20 years;
Sanjeewani Fernando, N S K Nagasinghe, W. J. Godakanda, N.
W. D. Sugath Kumara, U. R. Roshan Priyadarshana and Mohamed
Zawahir who completed 15 years and P. Sanath Perera
and Sampath Tennakoon who completed ten years. |
The employees honoured this year included four that have completed 25
years at GSK, as well as seven with 20 years of service, six who have
completed 15 years and two who have notched up 10 years.
Addressing these employees and their family members at the gala event
at the Mount Lavinia Hotel, Stuart Chapman, Managing Director of
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Sri Lanka, stressed on the importance of
commitment, not just of the employees, but also their immediate family
members, to individual career success.
"GSK is grateful to you for the many years of hard work, passion and
loyalty and for your role as champions of the company's values," he
said. "We also value the support your family has extended to you over
the years of your service to GSK."
Handsome commemorative plaques and other rewards were presented to
these long standing employees at this ceremony. Apart from their
contributions to the company, these awards recognise commitment to the
company's mission to enable people to 'do more, feel better and live
longer.'
GSK and its predecessors have been doing business in Sri Lanka since
the late 1930s. A world leading pharmaceuticals and vaccines company,
GSK is the only pharmaceuticals company to tackle the three "priority"
diseases identified by the World Health Organization (WHO): HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis and malaria. |