Moratuwa University team to represent Sri Lanka at CIMA GBC Global Finals in Poland
View(s):Paragon Consultants, a team from the University of Moratuwa which won the Sri Lanka Country Finals at a CIMA event, will represent the country and compete with 25 other teams in the 2015 CIMA GBC Global Finals to be held from 3 – 7 August in Warsaw, Poland.
The Paragon Consultants.
“In the Sri Lanka Country Finals, the competition task required the teams to initially present a report on a business case pertaining to the oil and gas industry. Due to the sheer unfamiliarity of this industry in the country, it was a demanding task and Paragon Consultants rose to the challenge admirably delivering a well thought out business case. Team Paragon Consultants is represented by Sirimevan Jayasundera, Ms. Piyumi Bandaranayake, Hasindu Siyambalape and Ms. Chamanthi Jayaweera – all undergraduate students from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa,” according to a CIMA media release.
In preparation for the finals, the Sri Lankan team went through mentoring sessions by Bradley Emerson (Regional Director – Middle East, South Asia and North Africa, CIMA), Ms. Ganga Fernando (Lecturer – Department of Finance, University of Colombo), Chas Charles (CEO – Hayleys Energy Services), Senaka Kakiriwaragodage (Vice President – NDB Investment Bank), Harsha Wickramasinghe (Deputy Director General – Operations, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority), Zohair Haiderally (Senior Vice President – Copal Amba), Jayamin Pelpola (Managing Director – York Street Partners), Ms. Padmini Samarasinghe (Charter President – CIMA Sri Lanka Toastmasters Club) and Ms. Samanmali Herath (Team Leader and Winner of 2014 CIMA GBC Global Finals)