Carrickfergus Consultancy signs joint venture in Sri Lanka

BRC Partnership in Carrickfergus recently signed a joint venture to provide management training and coaching to top business people in Sri Lanka, following an Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) trade mission to India and Sri Lanka in April this year.

The consultancy agreement was announced by Alan George, BRC’s Business Development Manager, and welcomed by Dr. Vicky Kell, Invest NI Trade Director.

BRC will work with Anil Wijesinghe, Past Chairman of the Council for Business with Britain (CBB) in Sri Lanka.

Wijesinghe, a prominent Sri Lankan businessman for more than 20 years, was the driving force behind the CBB’s ongoing CSR programme to train Sri Lankan teachers in modern methods of teaching English.

For some years, he has been interested in developing professional business training in Sri Lanka, an aim which he now hopes to see fulfilled in entering this joint venture with BRC.

The new partnership will be launched at a series of public training events in Colombo in December.

Dr. Kell said, “This is an important success for a Northern Ireland company specialising in professional services in a market that is developing rapidly and in which businesses are particularly keen to secure knowledge and expertise, particularly in key areas such as management and leadership.”

George commented, “Taking part in the recent Invest NI trade mission to Sri Lanka enabled us to assess opportunities in the market and to make contact with several potential clients. The Invest NI mission helped us to identify a potential partner. We are now working on designing leadership and training programmes that suit the specific needs of Sri Lankan companies and their individual managers.”

“BRC has a reputation for excellence in training, consultancy, facilitation and coaching”, said Janet Ford, Head of UK Trade and Investment at the British High Commission in Colombo. “Their portfolio and expertise inspire confidence. We are glad to have been helpful to them in signing this joint venture with a Sri Lankan company.”