Staysure Group visits British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

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From left: British High Commission Deputy Head of Trade and Investment Asanthi Fernando, Staysure Group Managing Director – Shared Service Operations Ajith Dandeniya, CEO Finn Walsh, British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andrew Patrick, Staysure Group Founder and Chairman Ryan Howsam, Intervest Software Technologies Director Sanath Jayasena, British High Commission in Sri Lanka Director of Trade Mara Waters

A delegation led by Staysure Group UK Founder and Chairman Ryan Howsam made a courtesy visit to British High Commissioner Andrew Patrick during their recent visit to Sri Lanka.

Staysure Group, a leading and award winning insurance broker www.staysuregroup.co.uk specialising in providing travel insurance to UK and European consumers has been in existence in Sri Lanka since 2007, where the software development is provided through to their parent company via Intervest Software Technologies Ltd.

Intervest Software Technologies employ a team of over two hundred and fifty dedicated professionals: software engineers, business analysts, UI/UX designers, quality assurance testers and system support engineers here in Sri Lanka based out of Level 23, Mireka Tower, Havelock City, Colombo 6.

In addition, Staysure Group is now positioning Sri Lanka as their Global Delivery Centre for running a multitude of business workstreams. With this new initiative, Staysure is demonstrating its commitment to and belief in Sri Lanka as a strategic hub at the heart of its growth plans.

Ryan Howsam who also owns the majority stake of Legends Tour (www.legendstour.com) discussed with the British High Commissioner about the possibility of promoting Golf Tourism in Sri Lanka and his keenness to bring senior Ryder Cup players and captains to Sri Lanka and making Sri Lanka as a regular venue of the Legends Tour golf annual itinerary.

British High Commissioner Andrew Patrick welcomed the investment and contribution to the economy, and the confidence placed in Sri Lanka and its talent and the long-standing association with Staysure Group and associated companies.

Andrew Patrick said, “I am very happy to see the success of Staysure Group here in Sri Lanka and how it is looking to further expand by creating a global delivery centre which will create many more opportunities for Sri Lankan professionals.”

Staysure Group UK Founder and Chairman Ryan Howsam said, “Our relationship with Sri Lanka has been long-standing and we are honoured to be associated with Sri Lanka and our commitment to grow our business further via the Global Delivery Centre reassures the commitment and trust on the talent available in Sri Lanka.”

Intervest Software Technologies Ltd., an entity of Staysure Group is a leading organisation in Sri Lanka’s technology solutions industry. It exclusively provides Insurance Technology solutions to the group. Intervest attracts some of the best talent in technology from top universities in the country. With the addition of Global Delivery Centre being setup in Sri Lanka, and having the Staysure Group presence in Port City, the overall group is expected to position up to around 600 employees across a variety of highly skilled jobs, boosting the economy of Sri Lanka further.