CMA celebrates International Women’s Day

Kumari Wijewardena

Amena Arif

Gayani De Alwis

Suranga Herath

Dilrukshi Kurukulasuriya

Chamila Cooray

Darshini Watawala

Gowri Shankar

The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka will celebrate International Women’s day on the theme ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World’ on Monday, 8 March from 3 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. via online Zoom platform. 

The webinar will be inaugurated by Chief Guest IFC Sri Lanka and Maldives Country Manager Amena Arif and the welcome address will be delivered by CMA Sri Lanka President Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala. The keynote presentation will be delivered by WiLAT Global Chairperson and CILT Immediate Past President Gayani De Alwis. 

English Tea Shop UK CEO Suranga Herath and Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC Chief Human Resources Officer Dilrukshi Kurukulasuriya will share their thoughts and experience on ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World’. 

The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and it will be moderated by WNS Global Services Ltd. General Manager – Operations Chamila Cooray. The eminent panellists are Consultant Darshini Watawala and Consultant Gowri Shankar. The webinar will conclude with a vote of thanks delivered by CMA Women Leadership Committee Chairperson and Central Bank of Sri Lanka Deputy Secretary Kumari Wijewardena.

CMA Sri Lanka was established in 1999 with the technical support of CMA Canada (now CPA Canada) and the financial assistance of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) by its Founder Prof Lakshman R Watawala.  The Institute of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Sri Lanka was thereafter incorporated in April 2009 as the National Professional Management Accounting Institution in Sri Lanka by Act of Parliament No.23 of 2009 under the Ministry of Internal Trade and Cooperatives and then Industry and Commerce and now under Ministry of Finance. CMA Sri Lanka is member of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) the global body for the accounting profession, South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) the regional body for the South Asian Region and the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) the accounting body for the Asian and Pacific region. 

The webinar will conclude with a question and answer session where participants will also have an opportunity to discuss practical applications and obtain clarifications via chat option. 

Those who wish to attend are requested to send an e-mail to: [email protected].