Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council Chairman visits Sri Lanka

High Commissioner Sarah Hulton, Niranjan de S Deva Aditya DL, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council Chairman Rt. Hon. Lord Marland and the President’s Foreign Policy Advisor Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage

Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council Chairman Lord Marland of Odstock was in Sri Lanka recently.

He was felicitated during his visit by Chevalier Niranjan De S Deva Aditya, DL FRSA Member of the European Parliament (1999-2019) and UK Parliament (1993-1997), to mark the United Kingdom’s post Brexit Global Britain strategy.

Jonathan Marland is one of the leading businessmen in Britain and former Treasurer of the Conservative Party. He served as the Minister for Trade and Minister for Climate Change. He is a Founding Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Plc, the multinational insurance business, and AppleClaim, the insurance company, at Lloyd’s of London. He acquired Hunter Wellington Boots and Insurance Capital Partners. 

Lord Marland is Chairman of Jubilee Holdings Ltd. and a Director of Insurance Capital Partners Ltd., TestMatchExtra.com Ltd. and Wisden Cricketer Publishing Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Tickets For Troops and a Trustee of The Mayor of London’s Fund for Young Musicians, Peggy Guggenheim Museum (UK), The Churchill Centre, The Atlantic Partnership and Invercauld Estate. 

Those present at the felicitation included High Commissioner Sarah Hulton, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, MP Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP Sajith Premadasa, MP Nimal Siripala de Silva, Prof. G.L. Peiris, MP Arundika Fernando, Admiral Prof Jayanath Colombage, Nivard Cabraal, and Aitken Spence Chairman Harry Jayawardene.  

Marland, Niranjan Deva Aditya and Niro Cooke addressed the 40 distinguished guests at the dinner with the UK’s re-entry onto the global stage without the constraints imposed by the EU’s membership and the huge potential opportunities unleashed by the young people and SMEs of the emerging Commonwealth being at the core of their addresses.