In brief

Ceylinco Life opens two branches in Jaffna

The recent opening of branches at Achchuvely and Chavakachcheri took the number of Ceylinco Life branches in Jaffna to five.

The company's first branch in Jaffna opened in May 2002, and was later supported by branches that opened in March 2005 at Chunnakam and Nelliady.The branch openings coincided with the handing over of classrooms built by Ceylinco Life as a CSR initiative to three schools in Jaffna, the Mattuvil Maha Vidyalayam in Chavakachcheri, the American Mission School in Chunnakam and the Chettikulam Government Tamil Mixed School in Velani.

Ceylinco Insurance Managing Director/CEO - Life R Renganathan (4th from right) opens the new Achchuvely branch accompanied by Director/Deputy Chief Executive Officer Thushara Ranasinghe (3rd from right) and officials of the company.

Phoenix Ogilvy wins gold

Phoenix Ogilvy won a gold at Adfest Lotus Awards 2010 held in Tokyo, Japan recently. Phoenix’s work for Iodex balm for one of its biggest clients GlaxoSmithKline won gold in the Direct Lotus category which recognises creative excellence in direct marketing.

The team that worked on the Iodex Campaign from left: David Blacker, Ransley Burrows, Shani Karunaratne, Melissa de Silva, Irvin Weerakkody, Misha Wickramanayake, Kirubeshwaran Ganeshan, Ranil Amirthiah and Sujoy Roy (not in the picture).

Travel website launched

TravelFantasia international booking engine (website:http://www.travefantasia.net) was launched recently by Mihindukulasuriya Susantha Fernando. He was joined in this venture by two American firms in the reservation and distribution business. TravelFantasia was hosted by LEMONOX, a leading software and web developing/hosting company at Kotte Road, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.

It was designed by Susantha Fernando in collaboration with his American partners.

CEO Forum

AmCham and SLASSCOM, will conduct a CEO forum themed Innovation and Sustainability on August 9 commencing 9 am at the Colombo Hilton. The forum includes keynote addresses by the Chairman of Accenture India, Harsh Manglik and the CEO of SLINTEC, Ravi Fernando. A panel discussion on ‘How Innovation Supports Sustainability’ will take place following the addresses. The panellists include Chairman of Chevron Dr. Kishu Gomes, Group CIO of John Keels Ramesh Shanmuganathan, CEO of Latitude 655 Shanil Fernando and Executive Director of BOI Duminda Ariyasinghe. The Panel will be moderated by the Secretary of the Board of Directors, AmCham Sri Lanka and Senior Director & Global Head of Enterprise Automation Virtusa Prasath Nanayakkara.