Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Corporate leaders, entreprene­urs, cricketers, mountainee­rs to motivate Chartered Accountant­s at CA Sri Lanka’s 40th National Conference

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A diverse portfolio of some of Sri Lanka’s well- known names including corporate leaders, entreprene­urs, famous mountainee­rs and a legendary cricketer will take the stage at the 40th National Conference of Chartered Accountant­s to help re-discover the passion and purpose of profession­als to ensure they reach the pinnacle of profession­al success.

Dubbed as Sri Lanka’s biggest business summit, the National Conference organised by the Institute of Chart e re d Accountant­s of Sri Lanka ( CA Sri Lanka), will feature Dr. Hans Wijayasuri­ya, Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Chief Executive Officer - South Asia Region and Corporate Executive Vice President of Axiata Group Berhad who will set the momentum of the conference by delivering the keynote on the theme “Finding your Mojo” on October 14 at Waters Edge, Battaramul­la. The conference will conclude following two days of technical sessions on October 15 and 16, CA Sri Lanka said in a media release.

Sri Lanka’s popular Mount Everest duo, Ms. Jayanthi KuruUtumpa­la and Johann Peries, will kick off the first session on ‘Self Mojo’ which aim to look at how profession­als can rise up from their negative mindset to take charge and become an effective part of change.

The second session titled ‘ In search of a nation’s magic that has sustained in most of its history’ will feature Merrill J. Fernando, the pioneer of Sri Lankan Tea and Founder of the global brand Dilmah as the speaker. Mano Sekaram, CEO/ Co- Founder of 99X Technology Ltd; Murtaza Jafferjee, CEO of JB Securities and Dr. Malkanthi Hettiarach­chi, Chartered Clinical Psychologi­st, a counter ter rorism researcher and instructor will join the session as panellists to help participan­ts understand how to regain their lost mojo, which is defined as the internal magic that translates to external success. This session will be moderated by Deepal Sooriyaara­chchi, Management Consultant, Trainer, Author, Speaker and Accredited Master Coach.

The third session on ‘ Mojo in one’s career – how do you fall back in love with your job’ will feature Chevaan Devavarath­an Daniel, Executive Group Director of the Cap i t a l Maharaja Organisati­on Ltd, who will be joined by Rakhil Fernando, Managing Director of Daraz Sri Lanka and Ms. Dinali Peiris, Director – Group Human Resources of MAS Holdings who will share their insights on how to look beyond the daily tribulatio­ns and seek purpose in one’s work, aspire to reach greater heights and more importantl­y fall back in love with one’s job.

Well known entreprene­ur and business leader, W. K. H. Wegapitiya, Chairman/ Group CEO of LAUGFS Holdings Ltd will steer the fourth session on ‘The enterprisi­ng Mojo of family businesses.’ The session will also f e a t u re Ms. Sheamalee Wi ckramasing­he, Group Managing Director of CBL Group ( CBL) and Murtaza Esufally, Executive Director of Hemas Holdings PLC.

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Speakers at the event.

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