NDB’s Annual Report 2011 ranked high amongst the best in the world

NDB’s Annual Report 2011 gained noteworthy global acclaim being ranked amongst the world’s Top 100 as well as Asia Pacific’s Top 50 whilst winning two Platinum awards and one Gold award at the Vision Awards 2011 conducted by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP). The Vision Awards is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious competitions assessing annual reporting from all over the globe.  

NDB won the Platinum award for the best Annual Report in the commercial bank category.  NDB also grabbed the Gold award for the most improved Annual Report across all categories worldwide along with the Platinum Award for the most improved Annual Report across all categories in the Asia Pacific region this year.

According to the rankings of LACP, NDB was placed sixth amongst the Top 50 Annual Reports of the Asia Pacific region and 32nd amongst the Top 100 Annual Reports of the world. This world ranking is a prestigious win for NDB as it places Sri Lanka in prime position in the rankings, surpassing such global giants as Boeing Corporation, WPP, Daimler AG, China Telecom and Commerzebank AG; all of whose annual reports were also ranked among the global top 100.

Commenting on this achievement, NDB Chief Operating Officer Indrajit Wickramasinghe said, “NDB has yet again made waves in the Country by gaining significant international recognition this time for its Annual Report 2011.

This is a momentous win for NDB and we are indeed privileged to have merited such high awards and ranking both regionally and worldwide from such a prestigious international agency, in competition with some of the world’s largest global business entities. Recently NDB was presented the award for ‘Best Commercial Bank in Sri Lanka’ by the World Finance Magazine, UK in recognition of the Bank’s commitment to continued excellence and superior service to its customers. NDB Investment Bank was also selected as the ‘Best Investment Bank in Sri Lanka’ by Euromoney Magazine a few days ago. These awards and rankings vindicate NDB’s exhortation to its stakeholders to ‘Watch This Space’, as the bank engages in a journey of achievement and growth towards making a meaningful contribution to its customers, shareholders and the Nation.”

NDB’s Annual Report 2011, a showcase for productive collaboration between top Annual Report producers Smart Media and NDB, was modelled under the theme ‘Watch This Space’, illustrating to stakeholders that the Bank is geared to evolve to greater heights with the exciting changes continuously unfolding in the industry, nation and the world over. The Annual Report of NDB stood witness to the bank’s innovation, asset quality, human capital and knowledge hub that ably support its vision to ‘be a world class Sri Lankan’.

NDB continues to change the lives of customers through a range of multi-faceted products and services powered by the unique universal banking proposition of NDB Group. NDB Group offers a comprehensive range of financial solutions including project financing, SME banking, commercial banking, retail banking, stockbroking, wealth management, investment banking and insurance products. The synergy between the bank and group’s constituents further strengthens NDB’s service proposition to surpass the norm of conventional financial services.