Samarawickrama and Coomaraswamy to speak at CIMA Business Leaders Summit

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Untitled-1 The CIMA Business Leaders Summit will be held on 23 and 24 August under the patronage of Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama, who will be the Chief Guest at the event.

The keynote address will be delivered by Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy. Their discussions will address the importance and context of sustaining business success in the current ecosystem to create value in the short, medium and long term.

The summit will focus on how businesses are no longer solely responsible for the balance sheet and how embedding integrated thinking into their practices and connecting people with relevant information can help deliver sustainable success, benefiting not only businesses but the environment and people as well.

The conference will conclude with a discussion on how CEOs can keep their organisations agile and innovative in the current business environment.

This year’s line-up of speakers includes CIMA Executive Director Dr. Noel Tagoe, Prof. Mahendra K. Chouhan from the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and CakeLabs Vice President and General Manager Rasika Karunatilake. The presenters will be joined by other established professionals from a range of industries for panel discussions which include Venkkat Ramanan - Head of Strategic Business, Asia Pacific, CIMA; Vajira Kulatilaka – CSE Chairman, Vajira Wijegunawardane - SEC Director General; Reyaz Mihular - KPMG Managing Partner; Tishan Subasinghe - BDO Consulting Partner; Chulendra de Silva - Head - Sustainability, Risk Management and Sourcing, MTD Walkers Plc; Sutheash Balasubramaniam - Sri Lanka Representative, UN Global Compact Network; Manil Jayesinghe - Partner, Ernst & Young; Samitha Perera - CEO, Ceylon Biscuits Limited (Foods) International; Aroshi Nanayakkara - CEO, Global Consulting Company and Chiranthi Cooray - CHRO, HNB.

Interested participants are encouraged to contact the CIMA office in Colombo on 0112503880.