SLIM wins Gold
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM), the National body for
Marketing has demonstrated its prowess by winning the "Gold Award" at
the National Business Excellence Awards 2012 in the 'Associations and
Societies' category.
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The Victorious SLIM Team with the Gold
Award, Upul Kumarasinghe (Manager Finance),
Ruwan Liyanagamage (Treasurer), Kalana Ratnayake (Vice
President), Gamika De Silva
(Vice President), Sanath Senanayake (Executive
Director/CEO), Tilan Wijeyesekera (President), Dhanesh R
Jayathilaka (Secretary), Upul Adikari (Assistant Secretary),
Chinthaka Wanasinghe (Manager Marketing), Nishara Tissera
Perera (Brand Manager) |
The annual presentation of the National Business Excellence Awards is
organized by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) was
held at Hilton Hotel.
"To be the only professional body to be recognized at the National
Business Excellence Awards is indeed something to be proud about", SLIM
President Tilan Wijeyesekera said. "This award epitomizes the excellent
work done by SLIM throughout the years as a business organization".
Elaborating further, he pointed out that SLIM has numerous objectives to
achieve in any given year which include improving the standard of
marketing in Sri Lanka, proliferating the knowledge of Marketing,
increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of marketers, recognizing
and motivating marketers, being some of those objectives. Describing the
award as "a great achievement", SLIM CEO/ Executive Director Sanath
Senanayake said that it shows that SLIM has come a long way as the
national body for marketing.
Through investments and partnerships with foreign institutions SLIM
has acquired new technologies and have been constantly improving quality
through the introduction of new processes. "We like to share this
achievement with all staff, our partners and all stakeholders, who have
been with us and supported us throughout the years" he said. The
National Business Excellence Award recognizes business enterprises,
which have demonstrated excellence in business, whilst contributing to
the economic progression of the country.
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