ICASL - Gold sponsor at EDEX 8th Expo 2011

The country's national professional Accounting body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL), will be the Gold sponsor at the EDEX 8th Expo 2011. ICASL promotes business, finance and management studies in Sri Lanka, ensuring a high level of professional competence among the membership and students.

ICASL is the largest tertiary education establishment in the country, outside the university system with a student base of over 35,000.

Its membership constitutes over 4,200 professional Accountants located here and globally. ICASL is the national premier accounting body and it contributes significantly to the country's national development in the accounting profession. ICASL's promotion of high standards in Accounting makes it mandatory for all companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka, to ensure compliance.

"Accountants play a major role in most of the large companies in Sri Lanka. Approximately 70 percent from the top 50 companies listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange has at least one member from the ICASL in their Board.

Chartered Accountants are identified as upholding standards in the public interest, driving excellence and influencing decision-makers in policy formulation and delivery", said, President, of ICASL, Sujeewa Mudalige.

We are indeed very happy to welcome ICASL which has one of the largest student memberships in Sri Lanka as the Gold sponsor of EDEX 8th Expo 2011." The 8th EDEX Expo will be held from Jan 22 to 24 January at the BMICH, Colombo and on Jan. 26 to 27 at the Kandy City Centre respectively.