Janaka Gunasekera heads Sri Lanka – Italy Business Council

The Sri Lanka-Italy Business Council (SLITBC) recently conducted its 24th Annual General Meeting.

The event was graced by Damiano Francovigh, the Ambassador of Italy for Sri Lanka and the Maldives and Patron of the Council, as well as Dr. Francesco Perale, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Italy.

Commending the efforts of the SLITBC in promoting bilateral trade and investment between Italy and Sri Lanka, Ambassador Francovigh highlighted the good results of bilateral trade in 2022, whose total figure has reached more than 800 million euros with a healthy surplus for Sri Lanka of around 350 million Euro.

He recalled the economic reforms started by the SL Government, expressing the hope that these would open the way for promising opportunities for further economic collaboration between the two countries. Eventually, he underlined the importance of good cooperation between the SLITBC and the Italian Embassy for the successful implementation of concrete initiatives in selected sectors like food, design, and technology.

A Baur & Co. Ltd Deputy Managing Director Janaka Gunasekera was re-elected as the President of the Council for 2023/24. He reinforced his commitment to fostering collaboration and enhancing business relations between Sri Lanka and Italy.

In addition to the re-elected President and the Immediate Past President, the SLITBC Executive Committee for the year 2023/2024 is as follows:

Shamil Mendis: Vice President: Chairman/Managing Director of Spear International (Pvt) Ltd., Daminda Mulgama: Vice President: Director Business Development of Expolanka Freight (Pvt) Ltd., Rajeev Aloysius: Honorary Member: Jt. Managing Director of The Autodrome PLC,

Ranjit Jayewardene: Honorary Member: Managing Director of Ranmal International Pvt Ltd, Shamendra Heshan Perera: Executive Committee: General Manager of Air Global Pvt Ltd, Suranga Ratnayake Executive Committee Chief Operating Officer of Aitken Spence Travels, Sanjeewa Vajira Bandara Jayasundara Executive Committee Head of Supply Chain Management/Senior Vice President-JKH of Ceylon Cold Stores PLC, Anika Niranjalie Williamson Executive Committee Director of JAT Holdings PLC, Sajeewani Amarasinghe Executive Committee-General Manager Finance of Lanka Tiles PLC, Warnakulasooriya Felix Antony Fernando Executive Committee Director Manufacturing of Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC, Nandajith Somaratne Executive Committee Director Manufacturing Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC, Shameel Mohideen Executive Committee CEO/ Director of Spillburg Holdings (Private) Limited.

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