Access Engineering Plc opens trading at CSE

From left: CSE Director Shanil Fernando, CSE CEO Rajeeva Bandaranaike, Access Director Business Development Dharshana Munasinghe, Access MD Christopher Joshua, Access Director Business Development Shevantha Mendis, Access Chairman Sumal Perera, CSE Chairman Vajira Kulatilaka, Access non-executive Director Dinesh Weerakkody, Access Director/COO Rohana Fernando and CSE Director M.R. Prelis

Access Engineering Plc rang the opening bell to commence trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday.

The bell ringing ceremony was organised by the CSE as part of a series featuring companies included on the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index. 

Speaking at the ceremony, CSE Chairman Vajira Kulatilaka stated that Access Engineering presented a unique investment opportunity for both local and international investors by offering an opening to be a part of a growing industry that was of national significance. 

Kulatilaka went on to commend the company’s management for driving Access in a sustained growth trajectory over the years and its keen commitment to ensuring value to its shareholders. 

Access Engineering Plc Chairman Sumal Perera stated that the ceremony marked an important event for Access Engineering Plc as it symbolically recognised the company as a key stakeholder of the CSE.

Commenting on the prospects for the construction industry going forward, Perera said that the industry was poised for a growth phase within the next 5-6 years. “As a local entity with business interests very much based in this country, we are naturally called upon to facilitate the growth of our economy. We are ready to face new challenges and are confident that we will be able to raise the bar in meeting the expectations of our valued stakeholders,” he added.

Perera was accompanied by Access Managing Director Christopher Joshua and Directors Rohana Fernando, Dinesh Weerakkody, Dharshana Munasinghe and Shevantha Mendis. The CSE was represented at the event by Chairman Kulatilaka, Directors M.R. Prelis and Shanil Fernando, Chief Executive Officer Rajeeva Bandaranaike and the senior management. 

Access Engineering is one of Sri Lanka’s foremost entities in the civil engineering and construction industry. The company ensures sustained value creation for the benefit of all stakeholders through adherence to a set of well-defined corporate governance principles, coupled with maintaining effective structures and processes within the company.