SLFFA holds 43rd Annual General Meeting

Standing from left: Navin Perera of GAC Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd, Suharshini Welegama of Freight Links International (Pte) Ltd, Sujan Malawana of Speedmark Transportation Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd, Harshaka Lokugamage of DHL Global Forwarding Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd, Nishan Jayawardena of Aitken Spence Cargo (Pvt.) Ltd, M.F. Ibrahim of Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd and Priyan Seilman of Scanwell Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd
Seated from left: Manager Dishni Perera, Treasurer Shavindra Dias, Dr. Ravi Fernando, Andrew Patrick, Chairman Channa Gunawardena, Vice Chairman Andre Fernando and Secretary General Rohan Induruwa

The Sri Lanka Logistics and Freight Forwarders’ Association (SLFFA) held its 43rd Annual General Meeting recently at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo. 

The guest of honour for the occasion was British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andrew Patrick and the keynote speaker was Global Strategic Corporate Sustainability (Pvt.) Ltd Chairman/CEO Dr. Ravi Fernando.

Expelogix (Pvt.) Ltd Director/CEO Channa Gunawardena was re-elected for the second consecutive year as Chairman for the period 2024/2025 whilst MAC Supply Chain Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd Managing Director Andre Fernando and Foreway Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd Managing Director Shavindra Dias were re-elected as Vice Chairman and Treasurer, respectively. 

The Executive Committee elected for the period 2024/2025 comprises of Aitken Spence Cargo (Pvt.) Ltd, DHL Global Forwarding Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd, Expolanka Freight (Pvt.) Ltd, Famous Pacific Shipping Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd, Freight Links International (Pte) Ltd, GAC Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd, Salota International (Pvt.) Ltd, Scanwell Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd, Shermans Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd and Speedmark Transportation Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd.  

Patrick, in his address, highlighted Sri Lanka’s remarkable progress and the significant development the country has undergone, using his recent visit to the Colombo Port as a testament to this transformation. 

The Chairman in his speech stated, “As we hold the SLFFA 43rd Annual General Meeting against the backdrop of an important political change subsequent to a peaceful presidential election, on behalf of our association, I would like to congratulate Anura Kumara Dissanayake on being elected as the ninth Executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. We earnestly look forward to working closely with his excellency and the subject experts towards the betterment of our industry in the coming months.”

Amongst the guests were officials from related government agencies, several industry bodies/associations, past chairmen of the association and delegates of member companies.