HNB to power Peterite Walk 2017

HNB Managing Director/CEO Jonathan Alles handing over the sponsorship cheque to Rev. Fr.  Trevor Martin, Rector of St. Peter’s College. From left: HNB Head of Business Development Supun Dias, Senior Manager Deposits Viranga Gamage, HNB Bambalapitiya Customer Center Manager Sohan Fernando, HNB Senior Regional Head,  Colombo Region Dammike  Dissanayake, Head of Peterite Walk 2017 Suranga Senaviratne, St.  Peter’s College, Vice Rector and the Primary Principal Rev. Fr. Samith Rangana Fernando and St. Peter’s College Head of A/L Section and Special Projects Noel Cooray       

Continuing its longstanding relationship with St. Peter’s College, Colombo, Sri Lanka’s premier private sector bank, HNB Plc announced that it would be joining in the school’s 95th anniversary celebrations by serving as the official banking partner for the Peterite Walk 2017.

Taking place on 1 July, the event is being organised in order to raise funds for expansion and new facilities at St. Peter’s College and is anticipated to draw in strong participation from students, parents and Old Boys of the school. 

“HNB is honoured to partner St. Peter’s College as they celebrate their 95th year. Serving as one of Sri Lanka’s most respected halls of learning for generations, St. Peter’s has produced many of Sri Lanka’s great leaders in all spheres of life and we look forward to celebrating this legacy together,” HNB’s Managing Director/CEO Jonathan Alles stated.

“HNB’s relationship with St. Peter’s stretches back to 1995, when we opened one of our first Student Savings Units at the school premises. Since that time, successive generations of students have benefitted from their HNB accounts, not only in establishing the savings habit from a young age but also for higher and tertiary education, laying the foundations for a stable and secure future,” Alles stated. 

He added that moving forward, HNB would continue to explore new opportunities to deepen its engagement with the school, with a particular focus on introducing new technology-enabled banking services to students in order to help prepare them for life in an increasingly technologically-oriented world.