New BOI board members meet State Minister Chanaka

The newly appointed members of the Board of Investment (BOI) director board met with Aviation and Export Zones Development State Minister D. V. Chanaka and BOI Chairman Eng. Raja A. Edirisuriya, recently.

The new members of the board comprises of Dr. Lawrence Perera, Chairman/CEO, Micro Hioldings (Pvt) Ltd.; Kushan D’ Alwis, President’s Counsel; Athula Haputantri, Managing Director, Tantri Trailers (Pvt) Ltd,; and Jayamin Pelpola, international investment banker. 

A press release issued by the BOI said the purpose of the meeting was to review the existing investment promotion strategies at the BOI and to make them more effective to attract FDI to the country.

BOI Chairman initially welcomed the new board members and said, “I am confident that the extensive knowledge and the professional background of the new board members will ensure a clear and focused strategy to fulfill the aspirations of the BOI as the national investment promotion agency.”

During the discussion, the State Minister said focus of the BOI should be to fulfil the government’s ambitious economic goals by expediting the newly proposed export processing zones and investment facilitation.