Holcim (Lanka) Limited was the official event partner for the CIMA Business Leader’s Summit which was held recently at Cinnamon Grand. The CIMA Business Leaders' Summit 2014 brought together senior members of organizations across diverse sectors to share expert views on a timely theme 'Sustain Ability: Imagine. Implement'. The summit which was held for the 37^th consecutive time is organized by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Sri Lanka. 

The Chief Guest at the event was CIMA CEO Charles Tilley, while the keynote speaker was the CEO of the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Qazi Azmat Isa. The top panel of experts spoke on topics including 'Leadership: Reframing Human Capital for Sustained Competitiveness', 'From Energy to Synergy: The Practical Art of Converting Individuals into Teams', 'From Existence to Excellence: Leading to Excel in Tomorrow's World', “Winning Strategies for Emerging Markets', and 'A case study of the Engro corporation: an organization that has grown in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment'.

Photo caption: Officials from Holcim Lanka and CIMA Sri Lanka exchanging the partnership agreement. (From left) Dharshan Cooray (Manager Member Development & Thought Leadership CIMA), Radley Stephen (Country Head CIMA Sri Lanka), Rajesh Surana (VP Finance & Controlling/CFO for Holcim (Lanka) Limited.

About Holcim Lanka (Pvt) Ltd: Holcim Lanka is a part of the global Holcim group. The company currently operates one fully integrated cement plant in Puttalam, while also operating a grinding plant in Galle for better customer focus and coverage. Holcim Lanka sold approximately 1.5 million tons of cement in 2013. The Holcim cement range meets customer requirements with the application based product Sanstha & Ambuja (retail concrete application), Readyflow for infrastructure projects & Holcim Extra, bulk cement for large scale infrastructure project in more aggressive environments. In addition, Holcim Lanka provides a host of technical services as construction solutions to its customers. The company operates in all regions of Sri Lanka selling cement and providing services, creating approximately 15,000 (direct & indirect) employment opportunities. Holcim Lanka generated annual revenues of approximately LKR 20 billion (152.7 million USD) in 2013.