CMI Sri Lanka branch Ex Co meets for the 200th occasion
View(s):The Sri Lanka Branch of the Chartered Management Institute recently held its 200th Executive Committee meeting, considered a significant milestone since forming the branch in 1995.
Being one of the few countries in the world to have their own branches of CMI, the Sri Lanka branch, set up in 1996 and completes 19 years of dedicated work for development of professionalism in managers in Sri Lanka, the association said.
The 200th Executive Council meeting of the branch was held recently with the attendance of four of the past presidents – Sunil Deheragoda, Fayaz Saleem, Col. Faiz-ur Rahman, Keethi Jayaweera and Rohitha Mendis.
Other eminent personalities who had served the Sri Lanka branch as Presidents in the past are Zarook Marikkar, M.V. Theagarajah, Anil Weeratunga, Sega Nagendra, Ajith De Silva and Gamini Karunaratne.
The branch’s Executive committee is currently headed by Varuna Ratnaweera with Sunimal Weersooriya and Malraj Kiriella serving as their Vice Presidents.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is the only chartered body in the UK that awards management and leadership qualifications.
In Sri Lanka, CMI has an average of 150 members and the Executive Committee elected at the Annual General Meetings held in June every year, works purely on a voluntary basis to promote the concepts of good management and leadership skills.