Hasrath Munasinghe felicitated

Hasrath Munasinghe, Deputy General ManagerMarketing of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC was recently felicitated as one of the Ten Young Outstanding Persons (TYOP) in Sri Lanka at a gala awards ceremony organized by the Junior Chamber International (JCI).

Hasrath won the prestigious TYOP award in the 'Personal Improvement and Accomplishment' category.

The award ceremony was held at the Kingsbury Hotel 0n 25th September. The Chief Guest of the event was the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives His Excellency John Ranking.

He began his career 19 years ago as a school leaver when he joined MBC Networks Pvt Ltd. Progress up the corporate ladder saw him working at ABC Radio network, Hemas Marketing, Dialog Axiata before joining Commercial Bank- the only Sri Lankan Bank to be listed among the Top 1000 banks of the world for three consecutive years. In addition to his responsibility of spearheading the marketing functions of Sri Lanka's biggest private bank, Hasrath also overlooks the Corporate Social Responsibility activities of the Bank while serving as a Trustee of the CSR Trust of Commercial Bank.

Hasrath, who has over 15 years of senior management experience in Marketing, Sales and Communication has won multiple Gold awards for his contributions to Brands and Marketing from the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM). He has also received the Achievers and Leaders Award from the Sri Lanka-India-South AfricaSingapore Partnership Summit and a special award from the Mass Communicators Association Sri Lanka for his contribution to Marketing.