Seylan Bank's Annual Report wins Gold
Seylan Bank's Annual Report, 2009 - The Case Study - won dual Golds
at the recent Vision Awards 2009 organised by the League of American
Communications Professionals LLC (LACP) Annual Report Competition.
Seylan Bank won a Gold Award for the 'Best Annual Report' in the
Banking Category as well as the Gold for the 'Most Improved Annual
Report in the Asia Pacific Region'.
Seylan Bank also won a Gold, three Bronzes and an Honours Award at
the recent 24th ARC Awards International 2010. It won a Gold for the
'Chairman's Letter', three Bronzes for 'Non Traditional Annual Report',
'Cover Photo/Design' and 'Interior Design'. The Honours Award was for
'Photography'.
Chairman Seylan Bank, Eastman Narangoda said that these awards were,
in a broader sense, an international endorsement of the Bank's
performance and credibility. "When Seylan Bank went through its darkest
period, all the odds were against it.
There were many who predicted the imminent collapse of the Bank.
However thanks to the far sighted and timely intervention of the
Government of Sri Lanka through the Central Bank, Seylan Bank rose
again."
"Our intention in 'The Case Study' was to tell this story -
transparently and candidly, heartened that the worst is behind us and
that we can already point to positively measurable signs of progress.
Establishing a new benchmark in Sri Lankan financial reporting, we have
dedicated this handsome 253 page leather bound volume to our
stakeholders. It takes a closer and perceptive look at the extraordinary
efforts that restored financial stability to Seylan Bank," he added.
Narangoda placed on record the Bank's gratitude to His Excellency the
President, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the Bank's
staff and all its stakeholders across Sri Lanka who helped make this
dramatic and acclaimed turn-around possible.
Interspersed with catchy illustrations and reproductions of
trilingual newspaper articles, 'The Case Study' has, since its launch
early this year, attracted critical acclaim as a fine documentation of
one of the most controversial happenings in Sri Lanka's contemporary
financial history.
It takes the reader through six main chapters which outline the
Bank's story, from its birth and growth ... to its fall and renaissance.
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