APIIT MBA Diary power WIM Top 50 Conference
View(s):The strongest Industry linked MBA in Sri Lanka – The Staffordshire University MBA at Asia Pacific Institute of Technology ( APIIT) will power the coveted 4th Top 50 Professional and Career Women Annual Conference to be staged at Kingsbury Hotel on the 9th November 2021. The founder of the programme Dr Sulochana Segera commenting on the event said ‘we will be staging the movers and shakers of industry in Sri Lanka on the theme ‘Empowered Women for a resilient future’. Let’s accept it the highest foreign exchange earners for Sri Lanka comes from the women – be it the Apparel, Tea, Cinnamon or the expatriate workers Middle East. We must now unleash the real talent of Sri Lankan women to take up more board positions said Ms Segera.
Top policy advisor Dr Mohan Kaul
Key note will be delivered by top professional Dr Mohan Kaul who is known globally for cutting edge policy advisor, business leader, social entrepreneur and champion for International trade, investment in emerging markets.
Over the past 30 years Dr Kaul has build a strong network with Presidents and Heads of Governments across continents leading over a 50 high level initiatives and forums involving Heads of Governments, Senior Ministers and top Business leaders across South Asia and Africa. A proponent on Foreign Investments the countries that have benefited from his FDI initiatives are Ghana, India, Sierra Leon, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania namely.
On the area of trade he has been successful in building Public-Private Partnerships, reducing the digital devide, facilitating WTO market access and integrating economies to the global market. One of the key highlights was the links between the Commonwealth Countries and the European Union which led to the liberalization of trade and practical Initiatives such as the Boksburg Group on Yradr Facilitation, the formation of the Commonwealth-EU round table led by Baroness Ashton.
APIIT the Gold Sponsor of the 4th edition of the Top 50 Professional and Career Women Annual Conference that feature top business personalities in the ‘ APPIT MBA DIARY’ will power the conference with an already existing equity of top personalities like Grace Asiriwatham the Sri Lanka’s Head of Mission to the European Union and Ambassordor to Belgium, Luxembourg Grace Asiriwatham, Global branding guru Simon Anholt, Unilever Chairperson Hajar Alifafi, Ambassordor to China Palitha Kohonna, Nestle Managing Director Fabrice Cavallin, International Finance Corporation( IFC) Country Manager Kenya Cluster Amena Arif interviewed by Dr Rohantha Athukorala.
Let’s accept it women command the foreign exchange earnings to the country said Dr Rohantha Athukorala a former Chairman of Sri Lanka Export Development Board, Sri Lanka Tourism and National Council for Economic Development( NCED). Be it the female tea pluckers that brew the power brand ‘ Ceylon Tea’, The Apparel women that fetch $5 billion+ Or the Expat workers that adds to the foreign exchange earnings crossing a $20 billion plus in total must now be empowered for brand Sri Lanka to fight back in her economic recovery he said.
Some of the other top speakers at the 4th edition of the Top 50 Conference are Media tycoon Dilith Jayaweera, Top Banker of Sampath Bank fame Shashi Kandambi Jassim, The Country Head for IFC Victor Antonypillai, Business personality Tania Polonowita Wettimunny, Director HR Unilever Ananya Sabharwal, Olympic Medal hopeful Ann Marie Ondaatje just to name a few.