Shantha Katipearachchi new Chairman of CIM Sri Lanka Region

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The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Region (CIMSLR) announced at the recently concluded Annual General Meeting that Shantha Katipearachchi has been appointed as the new Chairman of CIMSLR. Katipearachchi, counts over 20 years experience in sales and marketing and has been exposed to both consumer and financial services industries. He commenced his career in the corporate sector in the field of sales and marketing at Shaw Wallace & Hedges Ltd. and has held many senior positions during his twenty years of tenure in the corporate sector at Lanka Orix Leasing Company and Union Assurance PLC etc. Educated at Royal College Colombo, Katipearachchi holds a Master in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management

(Sri Jayewardenepura University). He is a Chartered Marketer and a Postgraduate Diploma holder from The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. His involvement with CIMSLR commenced with him joining as a Subcommittee member and progressing as a Management Committee member and thereafter a Board Member. He held positions in the Regional Board including the position of Senior Vice Chairman prior to his appointment as the Chairman of the Board. Commenting Katipearachchi said: “It is a privilege to be appointed Chairman of the CIMSLR Board. I look forward to continuing the great work of CIM and championing the common interests of our members.” He added: “We have got an exciting year ahead. Whilst our core focus remains to create a dynamic and thriving professional Institute, the current business module will allow us to be more effective in making changes to better the qualification and the membership creating more value to all our stakeholders.” The new CIMSLR Board will consist of Shantha Katipearachchi, Nadi Dharmasiri, Sanjika Perera, Brian Selvanayagam, Anuradha Edirisinghe, Amal Fernando, Sujith Silva, Hasrath Munasinghe, Keith De Silva and Sumudu Thanthirigoda. The Chartered Institute of Marketing is the largest community of professional marketers in the world with 100 years of heritage delivering education, membership and insight offerings to the marketing and sales profession. As the world’s largest Institute for professional marketers with over 35,000 members globally, CIM places great emphasis in maintaining high standards of quality and integrity and as such, develops and sets standards within marketing landscapes of UK and other regional countries in which it operates. The CIM qualification is the only international qualification recognised by the Royal Charter in United Kingdom. The CIM Sri Lanka Region is the first international branch of CIM UK and comprises of the largest number of members, both professional and students, of CIM outside the UK; 1,800 student members and over 1,000 professional members, respectively. The Regional Institute has always campaigned for greater recognition and excellence in the marketing profession in Sri Lanka, through education, training and development.