President at Daily FT-Colombo Uni. MBAA Budget Forum tomorrow

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The Daily FT-University of Colombo MBA Alumni Association post-2024 Budget forum will be held tomorrow (15 November) at 9 a.m. onwards at Shangri-La, Colombo.

Chief Guest will be President and Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who presented the Budget yesterday in Parliament unveiling a host of proposals to further improve stability and rejuvenate growth.

Given the critical importance, the FT-Colombo Uni MBAA forum will bring together select but key experts from the public, private sectors and multilateral donor community to share their key observations on the 2024 Budget, which was delivered by President Wickremesinghe on 13 November in Parliament. The expert panel includes Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena, World Bank Sri Lanka Country Manager Chiyo Kanda, Central Bank former Deputy Governor and FT columnist W.A. Wijewardena, top diversified blue chip John Keells Holdings Chairperson Krishan Balendra, forum’s Strategic Partner Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka CEO Bingumal Thewathantri and forum’s knowledge partner Deloitte Sri Lanka and Maldives Country Managing Partner Channa Manoharan. The panel will be moderated by Daily FT Editor and CEO Nisthar Cassim.

At last year’s post-Budget Forum, which was also keynoted by Wickremesinghe, the audience benefitted from a very interactive session with the President who readily responded to multiple questions raised. Incidentally, Wickremesinghe is the first alumnus from the University of Colombo to be Sri Lanka’s President.

For participation at the first public post-Budget Forum, contact [email protected] or 770113737.