Ceo-dinner organised by AHK Sri Lanka

Sixteen top German decision makers attend

For the first time the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK Sri Lanka) organized a Ceodinner in the presence of State Minister Rambukwella, German Ambassador in Sri Lanka Jörn Rohde, Dr. Stephan Hesselmann -Head of Unit Transport Policy and mobility Concepts of the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy- and 16 top decision makers of the German companies in Sri Lanka on January 28.

As the official host and moderator of the evening Chief Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka Andreas Hergenröther stated: ”We organised tonight’s dinner to offer a platform for German Investors to discuss about their current investments in Sri Lanka and further investment opportunities. In a recently conducted business confidence survey by AHK Sri Lanka about 30% of the German companies announced to have concrete investment plans for 2020. More than 80% of the respondents identified the reliability of the legal framework as their major challenge. As the official representative of

German business in Sri Lanka we are strongly committed to fair and free trade, a level playing field, transparency and rule of law”.

Among the participating companies were world market leaders such as Allianz, DHL, Linde, Continental, Siemens, Fresenius, Deutsche Bank, Ftitouristik, MTU, MAN Energy Solutions, Bbraun, Haefele and Mercmarine. AHK Sri Lanka has started to organize Ceo-dinners with Sri Lankan politicians such as Former Hon Minister Malik Samarawickrama two years ago in order to fulfil its function as catalysator of German business towards Sri Lankan institutions. AHK Sri Lanka is part of the German Chamber network of 142 offices worldwide.

In a recently conducted business confidence survey by AHK Sri Lanka about 30% of the German companies announced to have concrete investment plans for 2020