CBF will facilitate Sri Lankan investors

The Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) will facilitate Sri Lankan investors to find investment opportunities in other Commonwealth countries, said Deputy External Affairs Minister, Neomal Perera.

He said that the Government, business chambers and the business community will hold the CBF from November 12-14 at the Cinnamon Grand.

Over 1,400 delegates including business leaders, Heads of Government are due to attend the CBF. There will be 500 local and 500 foreign business delegates from Commonwealth countries and from 10 invited countries.

Heads of Government from 16 countries and 150 global business leaders will also be present.The business delegates will represent Fortune 500 companies and regional business giants, he said.

In the CBF there will be 20 country investment windows and six of them will be led by Heads of Government. Over 150 business proposals will be presented from Sri Lanka.

Heads of Government of Namibia, Burundi, Mozambique, Lesotho, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda and Malaysia have confirmed their participation in the CBF, said the deputy chairman of the National Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (NCCSL), Sujeewa Samaraweera.

International business leaders will address the CBF and some of the confirmed speakers are, Chairman, Goldman Sachs, India, Sonjoy Chatterjee, President, Chaudhar Group, Nepal, Binod Chaudhary, CEO, De La Rue, UK, Tim Cobbold, Chairman, Diamond Group Advisory Board, Nigeria, Pascal Dozie, Chairman, Simonds Farsons Cisk, Malta, Louis Farrugia and MD, Bank of Kigali, Rawanda, James Gatera.

- GW