Shamindra - keynote speaker at Capital Market Awards

The Capital Market Awards and Forecast Dinner, the flagship annual event of CFA Sri Lanka, will feature Managing Director, Russell Investments UK and Head, Pension Solutions Group, Shamindra Perera as the keynote speaker this year.

Endorsed by the Colombo Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fundamental objective of the awards is to inspire and incentivise capital market participants and members of wider stakeholder groups to strive for standards of excellence.

Shamindra Perera was responsible for developing and delivering strategy and implementation solutions to institutional clients in the UK and Ireland, including fiduciary management and investment management of multi-asset portfolios.

Perera was one of the first Charter holders in Sri Lanka and now lives in London, where he developed the Company's private client business strategy in EMEA.

Perera will speak on 'Be the One Investors Seek'. He will outline common characteristics inherent in outstanding analysts, fund managers and internationally acclaimed asset management companies, best practices followed by listed companies whose investor relations functions can be emulated and share his own experiences of the journey he has travelled as an internationally recognised fund manager.

His address will be followed by a panel discussion, based on the salient points within the address. Managing Partner of Ironwood Capital Partners Chanaka Wickramasuriya will moderate the panel comprising Managing Director of LYNEAR Wealth Dr Naveen Gunawardena and Managing Director of Asia Securities Dumith Fernando.