CDB wins 5th consecutive National Business Excellence Award

NCCSL Secretary Kavinda Rajapaksa presents the National Business Excellence Award to CDB Deputy General Manager Post Disbursement Follow-up Sanjeewa Ranathunga while Imperial Teas Director/CEO Jayantha Karunaratne awards the certificate to CDB Assistant Manager Sustainability Ovini Dias, CDB Senior Manager Business Development Yenara Udayanga, CDB Deputy General Manager Business Development Nadee Silva, NCCI Senior Deputy President Deepal Nelson, CDB Management Trainee Sustainability Vajeesha Edirisinghe and CDB Assistant General Manager Information Systems Rizvi Kareem

Having always championed business excellence through its unique sustainable business model, Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) fittingly wore the crown in the non-Banking Financial Services Sector for the fifth consecutive year at the 17th National Business Excellence Awards 2022.  

The Chief Guest was the French Ambassador to Sri Lanka Eric Lavertu. 

CDB added to its laurels with Merit Awards for Excellence in Performance Management and in the category for organisations in excess of Rs. 5 billion total capital employed and total revenue exceeding Rs. 5 billion in the Extra-Large Category.  

CDB has been continually recognised for its commitment to business excellence and international best practices in compliance, governance, business operations, accountability, ethics, and business principles by numerous national and international organisations. 

Hence, the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s accolade bestowed on CDB for the 5th consecutive year is an affirmation of the Company’s highly valued contribution to business excellence in the country. 

“CDB’s sustainability strategy has been constructed on the overall goal of establishing a smarter and sustainable Sri Lanka,” states CDB Director/Deputy CEO/CFO Damith Tennakoon.  

“With sustainability being a key pillar in CDB’s strategy and execution of innovation, what we are seeing is that each of our stakeholders has taken ownership of this strategy, which has resulted in CDB being recognised for its business excellence.

“This award, therefore, belongs to each of our stakeholders and our deepest appreciation to our customers, valued business partners, and team CDB for being the collective force in driving our sustainability strategy forward.”

The panel of judges was chaired by renowned industry expert Sunil G Wijesinha, which evaluated over 100 applicants in multiple categories on seven criteria: Excellence in Strategy and Leadership, Corporate Governance and Strategy, Capacity Building, Performance Management, Local and Global Market Reach, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability, Business and Financial Results.