The annual flagship C-suite event of CIMA Sri Lanka, the Business Leaders Summit titled ‘What’s Next: The Changing Business Landscape’ will be held on September 11.  

Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe will be in attendance as the chief guest during the keynote address.  This year’s discussions are underpinned by the wider concept of business innovation, how organisations are adopting digital business models whilst creating value for their stakeholders and addressing pressing issues such as climate change and global/domestic factors, which have an impact on their business practices.

Google Cloud Country Head India Mohit Pande will deliver the keynote on how Google is disrupting traditional business models, with a particular focus on Google’s future developments and how organisations will have to adapt to remain agile in the face of such challenges.  

Currently Mohit leads Google’s business for cloud in India and has extensive experience in the technology industry in India and Southeast Asia. Another key presentation at this year’s summit will be delivered by iflix Malaysia CEO and iflix Group COO Azran Osman-Rani.  Osman-Rani will share his insights on cultivating a global mindset for organisational growth and how Asia’s emergence as an economic power presents new opportunities that organisations can take advantage of.  

Leading other presentations at the summit will be Fintech CEO Clehan Pulle, venture capitalist/public sector administrator Chris Dharmakirthi, LOLC Group CEO Research and Innovation and Sri Lanka Nanotechnology Institute Senior Scientist Manju Gunawardene, Insead Lecturer Dr. Ravi Fernando, Carbon Consulting Company Founding Director Subramanium Easswaren and inventor Tilak Dissanayake.

These discussions will focus on building thriving business models amidst technological disruption, integrating sustainability to corporate strategies and how to best position Sri Lanka as a regional economic and technology hub.

Lending their support for this year’s summit are Janashakthi Insurance, Hayleys PLC, Hayleys Advantis, Bank of Ceylon, Hayleys Café Pixel, Dialog TV, Learn TV, Iron One, DIMO, Wijeya Newspapers and Sarva.

This year’s event will be held at Cinnamon Grand Colombo from 9:00 a.m. onwards, with the keynote address scheduled for 6:30 p.m. For more information and reservations, contact the CIMA Colombo office on 0112503880 (Ext. 260) or email [email protected].