Chairman Peoples Bank Sujeewa Rajapake tell APIIT MBA’s: Dont let social media define your life
View(s):The strongest Industry linked MBA in Sri Lanka – The Staffordshire University MBA at Asia Pacific Institute of Technology( APIIT), hosted one of the top business personalities from the Corporate world – the Chairman of People’s Bank Sujeewa Rajapaksa.
His key lesson was “ Don’t let social media define your life ’ interviewed by Marketer Dr Rohantha Athukorala at last weeks “APIIT MBA Diaries”
The Chairman People’s Bank & People’s Leasing Sujeewa Rajapaksa
Sujeewa Rajapakse is a Managing Partner of BDO Partners. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCA) and a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCMA), Mr.Rajapakse holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
His professional career that spanned nearly four decades, he held the honorary positions of President, Vice President and Council Member (elect) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL), Hony Treasurer of Sri Lanka Cricket, Treasurer for Cricket World Cup 2011. He has also served in the directorates of National Development Bank PLC, NDB Capital Ltd – Bangladeshand The Finance Company PLC.
He also has served as a member of the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.(CBSL)
Currently the Chairman of People’s Bank and Chairman of People’s Leasing and Finance PLC. Also, he is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Haycarb PLC, Dipped Product PLC, Hayleys Agriculture Holdings Ltd. Mr. Rajapakse is a Council member of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Mr. Rajapaksa’s key messages to the youngsters were: don’t let social media define your life.” You must decide what you want to be and study hard, work had and be discipline”. This is the rule by which I have so far come in my life he quipped.
The Asia Pacific Institute of Technology( APIIT) hosts weekly the top business personalities with Dr Rohantha Athukorala under the theme “ APIIT MBA Diaries” which has Included personalities like Sri Lankan Ambassordor to UK Saroja Sirisena, Sri Lankan Ambassordor to China Dr Palitha Kohonna, Global branding guru Simon Anholt, Unilever Chairperson HajarAlifafi, Nestle Managing Director Fabrice Cavallin, The Group CEO Dialog Supun Weerasinghe, the Managing Director for Unilever Nigeria Carl Cruze and very recently the Sri Lankan Ambassordor to Belgium, Luxembourg and Head of the Mission to European Union Grace Asiriwathan. Next week we have a top personality from the Apparel sector of Sri Lanka said Athukorala.
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