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HNB DGM to speak at top micro finance conference in London

Chandula Abeywickrema, Deputy General Manager of Hatton National Bank, has been invited by the internationally renowned Wilton Park Conference to speak at the next Wilton Park Conference to be held on May 18-22 on the theme ‘Financing Affordable Housing for Low Income Groups: Innovative Funding for Urban Housing’.

Wilton Park has been influenced by international decision makers for six decades through “ off the record residential conferences ”. As an academically independent Executive Agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, U.K., it is globally renowned for holding key international forums, conferences and dialogues and bringing together decision makers and opinion formers from around the world to address the most pressing global issues.

The May 2009 conference will feature key personalities like Anna Tibaijuka (Executive Director, UN Habitat), Lain Wright (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, London) and several Ministers of Housing from South Africa, Brazil, Tanzania, Dominican Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe.

Mr Abeywickrema, in addition to his position in the Bank is also the Chairman of Banking with the Poor Network (BWTP), the largest Asia based Micro Finance network with a membership of over 50 leading financial institutions in Asia. He has been recognized for his contributions to Micro Finance and Financial Inclusion in Asia, according to a press release issued by HNB .


 
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