Pradeep Edward re-elected, President SLIM Bucks MBA Alumni

The SLIM Bucks MBA Alumni conducted its second Annual General Meeting at Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing Head Quarters. SLIM President, Tilan Wijeyesekara, CEO SLIM, Sanath Senanayeke, SLIM Vice President, Gamika De Silva and other officials participated the event along with participants from the Alumni Membership.

Pradeep Edward – President Elect of the Inaugural SLIM-BUCKS MBA Alumni

Prasana Perera, in his introduction, gave credit to the previous Alumni Executive Committee for the tremendous job done during the last year and making a surplus which he stated was commendable by any association . He further stated that the events conducted by SLIM Bucks MBA Alumni were very professional and able to add value to the MBA and Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing as well.

Pradeep Edward was unanimously re-elected as President of SLIM Bucks MBA Alumni for its second term.He attained a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and also a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management. He currently holds honorary status as a Practicing Marketer in Sri Lanka and as a Certified Professional Marketer Asia Pacific region.

He also holds a Fellowship from the Institute of Management Specialist (UK) he is also a member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) /Member of the Charted Institute of Marketing (CIM-UK) and is a MBA holder of the Bucks MBA program. He has over 17 years' experience in marketing both in local and Multinational Companies. Pradeep currently works in the capacity of General Manager at NovEx Pharmaceuticals Limited. He also has been a Past President of the Pharma Promoters Association of Sri Lanka and was a Director of the Asia Pacific Marketing Federation. He is currently the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry.

Commenting about his appointment Pradeep Edward said, "It is indeed a great opportunity to lead such a professional team which has supported me tremendously last year and delivered results."

Speaking of future plans of Alumni, Pradeep stated that the main objective in year 2013 will be to add further value to the membership while carrying out projects which will add value to the Management and Student community at large.

The Office Bearers elected for the next term of the SLIM Bucks MBA Alumni comprises, Pradeep Edward,President, Anthony Jayasena and Priyantha Neelawala, Vice Presidents, Ms. Madhurangi Abeygunasekera, Secretary, Tharanga Jayawickrama, Assistant Secretary, Janaka Rodrigo, Treasurer and Ali Ahlam Nawaz, Assistant Treasurer.

The Committee Members elected are, Vajira Kulasinghe, Anil Munasinghe, Ms. Thilanka Chethiyawardena, Laleen Jeewakarathne, Dasun Amarakoon, Ms. Dilrukshi Kodithuwakku, Ms.Aruni Abeysundere, Tharaka Dias, Viraj Perera and Ajith Ekanayake.

The newly appointed Executive Committee members plan to aggressively conduct a series of knowledge sharing events which would benefit all past and present SLIM Bucks MBA students and other Professionals in Management arena. Further the committee will implement projects helping rural school students in their field of education, being in line with Alumni's Corporate Social Responsibility objectives.

Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) founded in 1970 (then called Ceylon Institute of Marketing) with the view to harness the available skills in Marketing for the growth and development of the profession, was subsequently incorporated by Act no 41 of 1980 of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. SLIM is a Member of the Asia Marketing Federation (AMF) and the World Marketing Association (WMA).