HNB takes top honours at National Productivity Awards for second year in a row
Sri Lanka’s premier private sector bank, Hatton National Bank (HNB) once again won recognition at the National Productivity Awards 2015 winning third place in the ‘Service Sector – Large’ category for the second consecutive year. 1st and 2nd place were not awarded.
The gala event took place in the presence of a distinguished gathering of industry leaders and public servants, with Sri Lankan President His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena serving as Chief Guest.
Organised by the National Productivity Secretariat (NPS) of the Ministry of Public Administration and Management under the direction of the Ministry of Public Administration, Local government and Democratic Governance, the National Productivity Awards 2015 is the only national awards programme aimed at facilitating improvements to Sri Lanka’s productive work culture in addition to encouraging innovation and creativity.
HNB’s Chief Operating Officer, Dilshan Rodrigo had this to say about the award. “We are honoured to be recognised for our efforts to set exemplary benchmarks in efficiency, environmental consciousness and enhancing customer engagement. All of this is only possible due to the efforts of our highly committed and engaged staff who have demonstrated receptiveness to change in our journey of continuous improvement”.
Winners were selected according to a stringent set of evaluation criteria on par with evaluation standards followed in Japan, China, South Korea and other member states of the Asian Productivity Organisation.
HNB has made tremendous strides towards improving productivity and driving operational excellence, both through the refinement of existing processes and the implementation of fresh initiatives all aimed at inculcating a productivity focused work-culture across every level of the organizational hierarchy.