High-profile Dubai biz group meets Malik; explores investment opportunities in tourism

A group of high-profile investors based in Dubai met Minister Malik Samarawickrama for a special Roundtable Investment Forum organised by the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade and the Board of Investment. 

The five-member delegation was in Sri Lanka on the invitation of the Minister to explore investment opportunities in the country. During their roundtable forum, they met with the Governor of the Central Bank, officials from the Megapolis project, CHEC Port City Colombo, SriLankan Airlines, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and the Southern Development Board.  

During their trip they visited potential tourism projects in Kandy and the South. They also met Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for dinner at Temple Trees and invited him to visit Dubai. 

The delegation was headed by Mohammed I. Al Shaibani, who is the Executive Director and CEO of the Investment Corporation of Dubai, Chairman of the Dubai Islamic Bank, Board Member of Dubai World and Deputy Chairman of the World Expo Dubai 2020 Committee. 

Other members of the delegation included Dr. Soonyoung Chang - Founder and Chairman of Midas International Asset Management and Senior Advisor at Investment Corporation of Dubai; Khalifa Hassan Al Daboos - Executive Chairman of Deira Waterfront Development LLC, Managing Director at Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Investment Corporation of Dubai; Majid Saif Al Ghurair – CEO of the Al-Ghurair Group of Companies and Chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce; and Philippe Georges Zuber - President and CEO of One&Only Resorts and former CEO of Emaar Hospitality Group LLC.