The 7^th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Greater Mekong Business Council was held recently at the Colombo Club. Her Excellency Pham Thi Bich Ngoc, Ambassador of Vietnam and Her Excellency Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Ambassador of Thailand were the Chief Guests at the event.

Mr. Sirimal Fernando, Deputy Managing Director of Astron Limited was elected by the Members as the President for the year 2018-2019. Mr. Ranil Seneveratne, Director, Ranfer Teas (Pvt) Ltd; Mr.  Nishan Seneviratne, General Manager (outbound), Aitken Spence Travels (Pvt) Ltd & Trevor Rajaratnam, Executive Director, Travel7 (Pvt) Ltd were elected as Vice Presidents. The  Member Companies AG International (Pvt) Ltd.,  Maliban Biscuit Manufactories (Pvt) Ltd. and Siam City Cement (Lanka) Limited were elected to the Committee. The outgoing President, Mr. Andre Fernando, Chairman & Managing Director, MAC Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. will continue on the Committee as the Immediate Past President.

Her Excellency Pham Thi Bich Ngoc informed the membership of the opportunities available in Vietnam, while Her Excellency Chulamanee Chartsuwan who had recently briefed the members regarding the opportunities available in Thailand, took this opportunity to update members on the outcomes of the visit of the Prime Minister of Thailand, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, to Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lanka – Greater Mekong Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was inaugurated on 8th June, 2010. The main objective of the Business Council is the further expansion of trade, investment and tourism between Sri Lanka and the Greater Mekong: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The Council maintains a close relationship with the diplomatic missions of the Greater Mekong in Sri Lanka as well as the Sri Lankan diplomatic missions in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Companies who wish to join the membership of the Council can contact Julianne on tel. no. 0115588875 or email julianne@chamber.lk

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Seated (left to right): Andre Fernando, Immediate Past President; Her Excellency Pham Thi Bich Ngoc, Ambassador of Vietnam; Sirimal Fernando, President; Her Excellency Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Ambassador of Thailand; Julianne Boulton, Secretary

Standing (left to right): Nishan Seneviratne, Vice President; Nandana Ekanayake, Committee Member; Subitha Maxi, Committee Member; Trevor Rajaratnam, Vice President; Ravi Jayawardena, Committee Member; Ranil Seneveratne, Vice President.