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Top notch speakers at Economic Summit

Leaders of global firms, such as Google, McKinsy and Company, AirBnB, Dertour, Shangri-La Hotels and Pemandu Malaysia and high profile public officials of foreign countries are lined up to share their expertise at the upcoming Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2016.

Among the speakers will be the CEO of Pemandu, Malaysia, Dato Sri Idris Jala, Member, Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi, Gajendra Haldea, Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Prof Razeen Sally, Executive Vice President of Shangri-La Hotels, Michael Cottan, Managing Director of Google India, Rajan Anandan, Director, Public Policy Affairs of Asia of AirBnB, Mike Orgill, Vice President of Intercontinental Travel of DER Touristik, Germany, Jorn Krausser, Director Tourism, Australia, Andrew Fairley, Managing Director of Duxton Asset Management, Desmond Sheehy, Expert Partner of McKinsy and Company, Steve Saxon and Deputy Secretary-General Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia, Dr Mohd Gazali Abas.

Some of them will deliver keynote speeches at different sessions, while the rest will join the expert panelists, who will engage in discussions, across the two days of the summit, which attracts the cream of the countries corporate sector as participants.

President Maithripala Sirisena will be the chief guest at the summit, which will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel and is organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Hayleys PLC and Pyramid Wilmar are the platinum sponsors of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit, while Sunshine Holdings and CIC are the gold sponsors. Dialog has signed in as the silver sponsor and First Capital, the strategic sponsor.


Over 350 CEOs to attend

Over 350 CEOs and senior executives representing the Sri Lankan corporate sector have so far registered to take part in the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2016. Among the registered include CEOs, Managing Directors and Chairmen of blue chip firms, and also those heading small to medium scale organizations in the country. This year's event will feature 50 foreign and local resource people and they will speak across the seven sessions of the summit, which will be conducted on the theme 'Focus. Act. Deliver'.

Some of Sri Lanka's top tier corporate firms have put their weight behind the Summit, which will be held for the 17th consecutive year.

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