The Fireside Chat 2019 to kick off next Tuesday
The Fireside Chat 2019 organized by, CIMA, Daily FT and ICCSL will kick off on Tuesday 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.
Businessman Dammika Perera will also join the closing to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the business sector and in the country.
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 other than Sri Lanka. In 2013, he was featured in Forbes Asia Magazine. Apart from the Corporate Sector, Perera has also made significant contributions in the public sector, and has held the positions of the Chairman of Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment, Sri Lanka’s Secretary of Transport and Board Member of the Strategic Enterprise Management Agency.
This event to be held for the second consecutive year will feature leading foreign envoys in Sri Lanka. It will feature nine foreign ambassadors, from the UK, China, EU, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Netherlands, Canada and Switzerland. The envoys will provide an international perspective on Sri Lanka’s future.
The session will be moderated by Daily FT Editor Nisthar Cassim and Dinesh Weerakkody. The session will include a Guest appearance by international singer, actor and song writer Alston Koch and popular singer Stepheni Siriwardana.
The event is expected to draw a large number of corporate and business leaders in Sri Lanka. Part of the proceeds from this event like the fireside 2018 will be donated to the Cancer Hospital.