Events
- A jointly hosted banquet, CEO breakfast, and technical sessions were held in 2007 to celebrate the visit of IFAC President, Fermin De Valle, and IFAC CEO, Ian Ball. The banquet was attended by Council members and past presidents of all four IFAC bodies in Sri Lanka. The CEO breakfast was a great success with over 100 invitees participating.
- The third Sustainability Reporting Awards event was attended by over 250 guests comprising CEOs, CFOs, directors and other business leaders. Ceylon Tobacco Company and Diesel & Motor Engineering won the large and small-scale categories, whilst Hatton National Bank and Aitken Spence Hotels won commendations in their categories. The chief guest, Minister of Investment Promotion Navin Dissanayake, urged corporates to fully reap their investment in CSR and enhance their global competitiveness by producing sustainability reports.
- The inaugural ceremony of the global professionalism and ethics event, the third ACCA Sri Lanka National Conference, themed 'Creating the DNA of Tomorrow’s Professional', was attended by over 400 guests comprising CEOs, CFOs, directors and other business leaders and academics.
High profile speakers and guests at events:
- At the IFAC technical forum
- Fermin de Valle, IFAC President; Ian Ball, CEO, IFAC; Syed Md Shabbar Zaidi, vice president, SAFA
- At the CSR Awards
- the Hon Navin Dissanyake, Minister of Investment Promotion (chief guest); Ben Morais, special advisor, ACCA; Chanaka Wickremasooriya, CEO, Fitch Ratings Lanka
- At the National Conference 2007
- Brendan Murtagh, vice president, ACCA, guest of honour
- Dr Sarath Amunugama, Minister of Investment, Promotion and Enterprise Development, chief guest
- Dr Hans Wijesuriya, CEO, Dialog Telekom, keynote speaker
- Dushan Soza, CEO, WNS Global Solutions
- Ruth Bender, senior lecturer, Cranfield School of Management
- Krishan Balendra, executive vice president, and Ronnie Peiris, group finance director, John Keells Holdings
- Ranel T Wijesinghe, consultant
- Ravi Fernando, director - Corporate Branding & Strategic CSR, MAS Holdings
- Kumar Jayasuriya, chairman, James Finlay & Co
- Rahika De Silva, head of sustainable development, Holcim Lanka
- Chanaka Wickremasooriya, CEO, Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd
- Sujeewa Mudalige, partner, PwC
- Keith Modder, CEO, Vitusa
- Ravi Abesuriya, Amba Research Lanka Ltd
- Srilal Ahangama, group finance director, The Capital Maharajah Organisation Ltd
- Clive Haswell, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank
- Reyaz Mihular, partner, KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton
- Ismail Radwan, senior economist, The World Bank
- At the ACCA graduation ceremony
- Gill Westaway, country director, British Council in Sri Lanka
- John Woodley, ACCA programme director, Oxford Brookes Business School
- Kalum Katipearachchi, country director, Aviva Global Services Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
- Asanga Priyadhashana Munaweera, manager, Corporate Planning, Dialog Telekom Ltd
- Sachin Sikka, vice president and head of Retail Liabilities, ICICI Bank Ltd.