Fireside Chat 2019 set to redefine boundaries
View(s):The fireside chat 2019 organised by CIMA, ICCSL and Daily FT will kick off on Tuesday March 19 at the Hilton Colombo. The highlight of the fireside chat 2019 will be the closing session with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who will discuss some of the key challenges and opportunities facing Sri Lanka and the way forward. Billionaire Businessman Dammika Perera will also join the closing session to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the business sector and in country, the organisers said in a media release.
“Mr. Perera is a first generation entrepreneur in Sri Lanka and the driving force behind a syndicate of companies in the country. His business interests include hydropower generation, shipping, manufacturing, hospitality, entertainment, banking and finance. His holding company, Vallibel One Group, has stakes in all these sectors, through its various subsidiaries, which employ 60,000 people, with 1880 based in countries outside Sri Lanka,” the release said.
This event to be held for the second consecutive year also will feature leading foreign envoys in Sri Lanka – ambassadors from the UK, China, EU, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Netherlands, Canada and Switzerland.