PIM Alumni Association holds 18th AGM
The leadership of the PIM Alumni Association changed hands from Dinesh Hamangoda to Jayalal Hewawasam for the year 2019/20.
Jayalal, who received his master’s degree in 2009 from PIM, is a Fellow member (FCII) of the Chartered Insurance Institute (UK) and Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).
Jayalal is also a council member of the Association of the Chartered Insurance Professionals (ACIP) of Sri Lanka.
He is a Chartered Marketer and Chartered Insurer and has diverse business experience, having worked at Caltex Lubricants Lanka Ltd, Sri Lanka Insurance Ltd, AIG Insurance and Union Assurance Insurance PLC for over 22 years. Currently he is Managing Director of Assetline Insurance Brokers (Pvt.) Ltd.
Jayalal elaborating his vision for PIMA, ‘Best in networking and quality of delivery’ said that he would leverage the alumni association’s engagement with its members, universities and other professional bodies, corporates and the public in general to deliver best in class intellectual programmes and workshops. Recognizing PIM Alumni contribution to the management fraternity in Sri Lanka, Allianz Insurance Lanka Ltd has come forward to be the strategic partner for PIM Alumni for the year 2019/20. The PIM Alumni Association of the Postgraduate Institute of Management is the most prestigious and active body with a membership base of around 3000, who represent diverse fields of expertise, achievement and disciplines and specialties.
PIMA organises events of national importance bringing together the academia, corporates, expatriates and the public sector. The PIM Alumni association has become a vibrant entity in Sri Lanka seeking to develop nation’s thought leaders and transform socio-economic system with an aim to generate more opportunities for its members and countrymen.