The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka announced the appointment of the board for 2017, at the 21st Annual General Meeting which took place on December 1, 2016 at the Hotel Galadari Colombo.
Brian Selvanayagam, Managing Director of On’ally Holdings PLC was appointed as the new Chairman whilst Asanga Ranasinghe, CEO, Brandix Lanka Ltd. was appointed as Honorary President of the Institute. Ranasinghe succeeds Stuart Chapman, who completed his term of three years.
The Honorary President chaired the Annual General Meeting and invited the outgoing Chairman, Sanjika Perera to present the Annual Review of activities for the year 2015/2016.
Sanjika Perera highlighted the key initiatives implemented by the Institute during the year and shared its progresses.
Making his inaugural speech as the new Chairman, Brian Selvanayagam introduced the new members to the Board who will drive forward the objectives of the Institute.
He also thanked the outgoing Chairman, Sanjika Perera for his selfless dedication and contribution to the Institute's growth and called upon CIM Sri Lanka members to take an active role in the Institute's activities in the coming year.
Unfolding the strategy for 2017, Brian Selvanayagam said, “I believe our singular focus should be about promoting the CIM qualification. We need to educate the corporates about the value in recruiting CIM qualified staff to their organization and also ensure CIM recognition in the industry.
This should be our priority”. He also thanked the outgoing Chairman, Sanjika Perera for introducing him to the Management Committee in 2007 and also Eardley Perera, G. S. Sylvester, Stuart Chapman, Dr. Rohan Fernando, Chitrangani Heart Gunaratne and Major General Udeni Munasinghe, Chief Executive Officer, CIM Sri Lanka for the constant source of advice, guidance, inspiration and support.
The members of the Board for 2017 include, Brian Selvanayagam, as the Chairman, Sanjika Perera, Country Manager, Sabre Corporation as the immediate Past Chairman, Amal Fernando, Head of New Business Development at MAS Brands Private Limited as the Vice Chairman, Sujith Silva, Managing Director Inspire Holdings (Pvt) Ltd as the Honorary Secretary, Sumudu Thanthirigoda, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, ACL Cables PLC as the Treasurer, Dilini Rathnayake, Brand Manager, Ceylinco Life Insurance as the Head of Education, Rajiv David, Marketing Manager, Union Bank PLC as the Head of Membership Development, Roshan Kaluarachchi, Chief Business Strategies officer, subsidiary companies of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC as the Head of Corporate Communications, Charaka Perera, Director, Stafford Motors (Pvt) Ltd as the Head of Corporate Trainings, Muditha Hewawanitunga, Regional Manager, Sarvodaya Development Finance as the Head of Networking and Kanchana Karunagama, Senior Manager, Personal Financial Services, Hatton National Bank Plc as the Head of Market Interest Group and Chris Daly, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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