Financial Times

The International Advertising Association – Sri Lanka Chapter (IAA–SLC) held its AGM recently where incumbent President Ranil de Silva was installed for a second term.

There was also a presentation by Yasmin Ahamad, Executive Creative Director of Leo Burnett, Malaysia and a globally acclaimed industry personality. The new elected committee includes other advertising, media and marketing professionals such as Vice Presidents Sujan Wijewardene – Executive Director of Wijeya Newspapers, and Steuart Chapman – Managing Director of LOLC.

The newly elected Secretary is Chevaan Daniels – Channel Head of MTV, and the Treasurer Renuka Marshall – Joint Managing Director of Thompson Associates. The board of directors for the 2006/2007 term consists of Sri Kanth Selladurai – Vice President – Frozen Foods of Ceylon Cold Stores, Roshni de Fonseka – Marketing Manager of Upali Newspapers, Thayalan Bartlett – Chief Executive Officer of JWT, Imal Fonseka – General Manager, Sales and Marketing for Caltex Lubricants, and Gerald de Saram – Managing Director of CIC Paints.

The Society of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Sri Lanka recently conducted a one-day seminar on “Strategic Cost Management” which was handled by a specialist in Management Consultancy and wide experiences in the conduct of professional management development programmes in India and overseas.

The resource person, P. Thiruvengadam FICWA, B.Tech (IIT Madras) is a Director at Management Consultancy Services, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Bangalore, India.

The seminar was meant to develop and upgrade the professional skills of managers in order to improve the performance of companies by mapping strategies into measurable performance, improving performance, obtaining competitive advantage and improving organizational effectiveness.