Union Bank launches Toastmasters Club

Union Bank (UB) recently announced the launch of its first ever Toastmasters Club at an event at the bank’s head office with the installation of 18 Toastmasters including seven Executive committee members as the inaugural office bearers for the year.

Establishing the Toastmasters Club is part of the bank’s Talent Development strategy focusing on enhancing communication and leadership skills of employees for career growth. The new committee members for the year 2023/24 are Dasun Siriwardana (President), Kaminda Kumarasinghe (VP Education), Kisho Prasath (VP Membership), Shehan Peries (VP Public Relations), Nirupama Bandara (Secretary), Anuradha Jayasuriya (Treasurer and) Shane Miranda (Sergeant at Arms), the bank said in a media release.

The Union Bank Toastmasters Club was inaugurated by Indrajit Wickramasinghe, Director / CEO of Union Bank, in the presence of management and staff of Union Bank and other invitees.

Representing the Toastmasters fraternity, the District Director of District 82, Area E4 – Toastmaster Nisal Weerakoon attended the event along with other members of the club. Addressing the Installation ceremony, Mr. Wickramasinghe stated that, “to face the many challenges that evolve today, it’s imperative that we harness and develop additional skills and capabilities in the UB team, as such the Union Bank Toastmasters Club will aptly support staff to build confidence and leadership whilst gearing them to rise up to challenges, they are faced with”.

Toastmasters is a non-profit global movement which helps to improve public speaking and leadership skills in its members and is headquartered in Englewood Colorado, USA which was established in 1924 and it has over 14,700 clubs in 144 countries.