Sanjaya Mohottala assumed duties on Monday as the new Director General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI).
A BOI statement said that Mr. Mohottala was a Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group where he was responsible for corporate development, principal investors and private equity practices and led the Transport and logistics practice across Asia Pacific
Mr. Mohottala holds a BSc from Moratuwa University, Sri Lanka and MBA from the Anderson School of Management of UCLA USA and is a Fulbright Scholar.
The BOI said that, Mr. Mohottala shared his vision for BOI, and how Sri Lanka’s position can be enhanced as an attractive investment destination when addressing the staff.
He also spoke of the need to grow the ICT/knowledge sector of the economy, and shared some of his views on the way the BOI could operate more effectively by making the organisation a One Stop Shop. The focus would be to embrace digital technology and also strengthen work processes to ensure that the investor gets the best possible service from BOI, he has said. (SD)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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