SLIM elects new President at 47th Annual General Meeting
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM has elected Elangovan Karthik as its 39th president at the 47th AGM held on the 29th of March at the Kingsbury hotel, with a new council along with the tenmember executive committee of SLIM for the year 2017/18.
The Council of Management for 2017/18 consists of prominent figures in the field of marketing, spearheaded by President Karthik, the CEO/ Director of Unisons Capital Leasing (subsidiary of Citizen Development Business Finance PLC (Cdb),the CEO/ Director of GAP Holdings (Pvt) Limited, Pradeep Edward is the Vice President along with General Manager – Sales Lalan Engineering (Pvt) Limited Suranjith Swaris.
The Secretary is General Manager – Marketing of Derena / Power House Ltd, Roshan Fernando, whilst the Treasurer is Thilanka Abeywardena, the Enterprise Marketing Managersouth East Asia New Markets at Microsoft Sri Lanka, andthe role of Assistant Secretary was taken on by Rangaperera, the General Manager – Marketing Ceylon Newspapers (Pvt) Limited.
The Executive Committee also comprises experienced marketers:senior Brand Manager of Reckitt Benckiser Lanka Limited -Shamindaperera, Senior Brand Manager - Group Marketing at Dialog Axiata PLC – Lakshitha Wiesinghe, National Sales Manager at Sinwa Marketing Private Ltd - Leonard Jayasinghe, General Manager - Marketing & Business Development at 4ever Skin Naturals Private Limited – Nuwan Gamage, Senior Marketing Manager – Exports at Primal Glass Private Limited - Enoch Perera, Manager – Marketing Executions at Blue Mountain Luxury Apartments Private Limited- Manthika Ranasinghe, Manager - Consumer Insights at Fonterra Brands – Sathika Wickramasinghe, Media & Marketing Consultant at Food & Nature Private Limited (FADNA) – Upali Ranjith, Sales Manager at Reliance Network Virajharshanaperera, Head of Sales at Hemas Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd &Hemas Surgical and Diagnostics (Pvt) Ltd – Chinthaka Perera.
With the core objective of contributing towards the nation’s effort for economic prosperity and sustainable development, SLIM has mentored fully–fledged marketers for over five decades of its illustrious history. This is evident by the 38 top marketers in the country leading SLIM as President over the years.
Elangovan began his career as a Marketing Executive in an MNC IT Company, ascending the career ladder to Assistant Manager - Brands at CDB and later as Director/ceo of UCL over a period of 16 years.