SLSBC concludes successful trade and investment promotion mission to Singapore

The Sri Lanka- Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce successfully concluded a business mission to Singapore recently.

The mission was organised to coincide with the SBF Seminar on ‘Doing Business and Opportunities in Sri Lanka’ followed by one-to-one business meetings organised by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), the apex business chamber in Singapore with over 18,000 members.

The event also received the support of the International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the state agency driving Singapore’s external economy and promoting the overseas growth of Singapore-based enterprises and international trade, and in association with the Sri Lankan High Commission in Singapore, a media release from the SLSBC said.

The 18-member delegation led by the SLSBC President Shamil Mendis, Chairman/ Managing Director of Spear Global Holdings (Pvt) Ltd resulted in a extremely productive visit to Singapore. The delegation comprised Chris Chandiram, Director, Chief Operating Officer, Access International Projects (Pvt) Ltd; Prajeeth Balasubramaniam, General Partner, BOV Capital Ltd., & Founder/Director, Lanka Angel Network; Mahen Weerasekera, Chairman Capitol Developers Ltd; Amal Rodrigo, Director, Hayleys Free Zone Ltd; Ms. Roshanie Jayasundera Moraes, John Keells Holdings PLC; Shiluka Goonewardene, Principal – Deal Advisory, KPMG and Andre Fernando, Chairman/Managing Director, MAC Holdings Projects (Pvt) Ltd among others. The delegation was joined by Duminda Ariyasinghe, Director General/CEO of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka.

The objective of the SBF seminar was to educate Singaporean companies on the potential opportunities in doing business with Sri Lanka. The event was attended by over 90 participants from 74 well established Singapore companies.