Hayleys Plc powers CA Sri Lanka with lead sponsorship
Wednesday, 21 January 2015 00:00
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One of Sri Lanka’s largest multinational business conglomerates, Hayleys Plc will power the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) with a lead sponsorship.
CA Sri Lanka Secretary/CEO Aruna Alwis, CA Sri Lanka Vice President Lasantha Wickremasinghe, CA Sri Lanka President Arjuna Herath, Hayleys Plc Chairman/Chief Executive Mohan Pandithage, Hayleys Plc Strategic Business Development Unit Director Sarath Ganegoda, Hayleys Plc Group CFO Dilhan De Silva and Hayleys Plc Head of Strategic Business Development Unit Manohari Abeyesekera
This is the first time Hayleys Plc has come on board to extend their support to CA Sri Lanka to carry out its educational and professional activities for the benefit of its members, students and the public.
The sponsorship cheque was handed over to CA Sri Lanka President Arjuna Herath by Hayleys Chairman/Chief Executive Mohan Pandithage at the Hayleys head office recently.
Welcoming Hayleys Plc on board for the 2014/2015 period, CA Sri Lanka President Arjuna Herath said that it was indeed a pleasure for CA Sri Lanka to have the support of a leading conglomerate such as Hayleys to complement its development activities.
“I am very pleased to welcome Hayleys on board as a lead sponsor and I believe this partnership will tremendously benefit both organisations,” he said.
Herath also noted that having Hayleys on board is also an endorsement of the institute’s mission to continue to serve society by promoting and developing the accountancy sector continuously.
Embracing innovation and entrepreneurship, over the years Hayleys Plc has added value for people and businesses across the country and beyond. In addition to Sri Lanka, Hayleys today has manufacturing facilities in Indonesia and Thailand and marketing operations in Australia, India, Bangladesh, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, UK and USA. The group accounts for 3.17% of Sri Lanka’s export income, 4.5% of tea and 2.2% of rubber production.