CFA Capital Market Awards to raise awareness on PPP potential

The eagerly anticipated 11th annual CFA Society Sri Lanka Capital Market Awards is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at the Oak Room, Cinnamon Grand, Colombo. 

The CFA Society Sri Lanka Capital Market Awards has been a flagship event in the CFA Society Sri Lanka calendar since its inception in 2012 and is among the most sought-after accolades recognising and rewarding excellence in the local capital markets.

This year’s event will be held under the theme of ‘The Power of Public-Private Partnerships’, focusing on the current status of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Sri Lanka and their future potential. It is also set to include a panel discussion in the form of a knowledge-sharing session on how PPPs can help Sri Lanka as the country emerges from an economic crisis, while raising awareness on how CFA Charterholders’ skills are crucial to executing PPPs successfully.

The discussion will focus on key topics including the rationale for PPPs and the context in which they are beneficial to an economy and the importance of project identification and preparation in ensuring the success of a PPP. Furthermore, it will encompass where Sri Lanka stands at the moment in terms of regulations and legislature to facilitate PPP projects and the improvements that are needed, as well as the key success factors in executing PPPs in Sri Lanka and how project structuring has been critical in attracting the private sector.

The programme is to feature a panel of leading industry figures namely, Nithya Partners Partner President’s Counsel Chanaka de Silva, Deloitte India Partner Kushal Kumar Singh and TWCorp (TWC)Chairman/CEO Thilan Wijesinghe with USAID Sri Lanka Energy Programme Transaction Advisor and Competitive Procurement Specialist Dhinali Peiris, CFA acting as the moderator.

Chanaka is considered one of the foremost legal experts in the field of project finance transactions and negotiations in Sri Lanka. 

Kushal counts over 23 years of consulting experience and is at the forefront of innovations in infrastructure sector development and financing. 

Thilan is said to have pioneered PPP transactions in Sri Lanka when he set up the Bureau of Infrastructure Investments under the Board of Investment in 1996. 

Dhinali is a CFA Charterholder with over 17 years of experience in capital markets and investment advisory.