Ranjith Pandithage’s message in the latest Annual Report of Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC was adjudged the best-of-the best among all ‘Chairman’s letters’, internationally, outside the US at the International ARC Awards 2009 held in New York City recently.
Receiving the award |
Some 2000 companies from around the world including the Fortune 500s, FTSE 100s and the top companies from Continental Europe competed for this annual reports competition. Representatives from the winning companies gathered for the exclusive gala dinner and awards presentation held at the New York Inter-continental, according to a statement from Smart Media, producer of the Dimo report.
Dimo brought honour to Sri Lanka when its annual report won two Golds in this highly competitive and most sought after global awards scheme for annual reports. Its Gold for the Chairman’s Letter appeared in the list of five nominees for the best-of-the best outside the USA, and eventually made it to the Grand Award. Dimo’s second Gold for Interior Design was also nominated for a Grand Award. Other recipients of the 26 grand awards that night included WPP of the United Kingdom, Novartis of Switzerland, Centerra Gold of Canada, Harley Davidson of USA, Audi of Germany, China Telecom, and Thomson Reuters, the statement said.
Mr Pandithage along with Dr. Vijith Kannangara of Smart Media – The Annual Report Company, received the Grand Award from Charles Payne of Fox Business Network who graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Suresh Gooneratne and Chandena Kodituwakku, Dimo’s Finance Director and General Manager Finance, respectively, also participated in the event.
Mr Pandithage said that he felt humbled to receive this grand award, adding: “Whilst we are proud of this rare accolade, we don’t want to put any pressure on ourselves for the future, as we are aware that this is one achievement that we cannot easily repeat. We strive to produce a good annual report and invest much time and attention of the top management towards it.” |
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