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Capital Trust Holdings Ltd. has received the ‘Asia’s Greatest Brands 2018’ Award in the ‘Diversified’ category. Further, Capital Trust Holdings Ltd. Chairman/CEO Tushan Wickramasinghe has received the ‘Asia’s Greatest Leaders 2018’ Award.
The awards were presented at the 10th edition of the Asian Business and Social Forum, Pride of Asia Series Awards and Business Summit and third Edition of Asia’s Greatest Brands and Leaders 2018 on 21 January 2019 at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore.
The Summit was organised by URS-Asia One magazine and URS Media Consulting P.L., which is rapidly emerging as the leading international media company covering business, political and social issues in the entire Asian and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. More than 100 brands and leaders from Singapore, India, Dubai, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh representing16 industries were felicitated at the event, in the presence of an audience of over 300.
Rajat Shukal, Global Head and Principal Partner of URS Media Consulting P.L. and Asia One Magazine said, “Asia’s Greatest Brands and Leaders 2018 was instrumental in assembling iconic, powerful and emerging brands and leaders of Asia on a common platform to discuss issues relevant to their respective strategic decisions, thereby enabling unprecedented mutual learning and growth.”
Originally established as a stock broking firm in 1991, today Capital Trust Holdings Ltd. has 33 subsidiaries and has expanded into many areas of businesses including Property Development, Real Estate solutions, Margin Trading, Investment Advisory, Information Technology, Education and Packaging.
According to Tushan Wickramasinghe, “This award is a great validation of the fact that Capital Trust Holdings Ltd. has become a diversified conglomerate with international outreach. We feel privileged to be recognised among other leading Asian brands and leaders not merely as a company but as a company that is able to put Sri Lanka on the world map.”