Financial Times - 6th AGM of the Council for Business with Britain

6th AGM of the Council for Business with Britain

The sixth AGM of the Council for Business with Britain (CBB) was held recently in the presence of Dominick Chilcott, High Commissioner for Great Britain.

The Business Council was formed in 2001 as a result of the merger between the Sri Lanka United Kingdom Business Council and the British Business Association, Sri Lanka.

The Council promotes the exchange of information on trade and investment and supports the business community which the organisation represents, by serving as the recognised representative of the members, in matters concerning business relations with Sri Lanka and the UK.

Picture shows from left – Alikie Ismail (Addl. Deputy Secretary-General, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce), Dharini Daluwatte (Ex. Committee Member, British High Commission), Ananda Wickremasinghe (Hony. Treasurer, Astron BPO), David J H Griffiths, Ex. Committee Member, HSBC), Domick Chilcott, High Commissioner for Great Britain, Peter Simson (Chairman, Council for Business with Britain), Anil Wijesinghe (Vice Chairman, AWS Institute of Education), Shirendra Lawrence (Hony. Secretary, MAS Active (Pvt) Ltd and Lakmali Udugampola (Manager, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce)

Not in picture – Hassan Madani (Ex. Committee Members, Shell Sri Lanka), Romesh David (Imm. Past President, P& O Nedlloyd Keells (Pvt) Ltd., Mahen Dayananda (Ex. Committee Member, Tea Tang Ltd.) and Nirmali Samaratunga ( President, National Chamber of Commerce)

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