Financial Times

The Banking Convention 2006 will be one of the country’s most prestigious gathering of senior executives and top professionals in the financial services industry in the country and has since 1998 built on the achievements accumulated over the past eight years, officials said

The Banking Professionals Association (BPA) will be holding its annual convention on August 25. It is the biggest event in the bankers’ calendar which brings together all the industry professionals in the industry. The annual event has been delivering the most important learning experience for the banking professionals and it is conceived and executed as a forum for thought, leadership and sharing of best practices-especially in these uncertain and changing times-featuring some of the most remarkable industry specialist of our times.

“It is the premier event of the association, the professionals get together to discuss the main technical issues relevant to the local industry as well as out side of the country,” said President of the Banking Professionals Association Rajendra Theagarajah.

The association takes much care to bring in a balanced group of both local and international professionals as speakers to this event annually. The 18th Anniversary Convention will focus on a “Paradigm Shift” in Lankan banking and will examine some of the agents of change key to the industry.

However this year there is a slight variation to the usual agenda as the association has planned to hold a CEO forum as well. The forum will highlight what are expected from banking professionals both in terms of human talent and services. The forum will feature CEOs from three leading institutions active in both in the international and local business arena. “We wanted to get an outsiders point of view of what is expected and what the shortcomings are,” said Theagarajah about the forum.