About this Event

Date: Thursday, Feb. 20

Time: 6:00pm onwards

Venue: AICPA® & CIMA® Sri Lanka, 356, Elvitigala Mawatha, Colombo 5

Ticket fee: CIMA® members and students — LKR 2,500+VAT | Nonmembers — LKR 4,000+VAT

Agenda

• 6:00pm — Registration
• 6:30–7:30pm — Presentations by speakers*  
• Keynote — Prof. Anil Jayantha, M.P, Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Finance
• Fostering Industrial Growth and Entrepreneurship — Chathuranga Abeysinghe, ACMA (UK), CGMA, Deputy Minister — Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development
• Business impact of the National Budget — Hasitha Premaratne, FCMA (UK) CGMA, Managing Director, Brandix Group
• Overview of the budget and its tax implications for businesses — Suresh R I Perera, FCMA (UK), CGMA, Principal Tax & Regulatory — KPMG Sri Lanka
• Macro-economic impact to business — Dhananath Fernando, CEO Advocata Institute
• 7:30–8:30pm — Panel discussion and Q & A session — moderated by Senaka Kakiriwaragodage, FCMA (UK), CGMA, Chief Executive Officer, NDB Capital Holdings Limited. Panelists:
• Sherin Cader, FCMA (UK), CGMA, Chairman, NTB Bank / CFO, Financial Services Sector John Keells Holding PLC
• Dilshan Wirasekara, Managing Director / CEO, First Capital Holdings PLC, Chairman, Colombo Stock Exchange
• Shanaka Rabel, FCMA (UK), CGMA, Director/ Board Member, ICTA and Group Chief Digital and Transformation Officer - Stretchline Holdings Ltd.
• 8.30pm — Networking/refreshments

*The order of the presentations is subject to change