Sampath Bank among ‘Most Admired Companies of Sri Lanka 2018’

Sampath Bank was awarded and recognised as one of Sri Lanka’s 10 Most Admired Companies at the ‘Most Admired Companies of Sri Lanka 2018’ awards ceremony held under the auspices of Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe, at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo recently.

Organised by the International Chamber of Commerce, Sri Lanka (ICCSL) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Sri Lanka in partnership with AIA Insurance Lanka, Aon Hewitt India, Daily FT and KPMG, the awards sought to recognise companies that have demonstrated outstanding financial performance as well as strong corporate reputation over the years.

Sampath Bank was one of 180 companies that were identified as most admired by employees, competitors, and other stakeholders through a public survey carried out via Dialog. The Bank was chosen for the Top 10 from amongst them by a pre-eminent panel of judges headed by Ravi Abeysuriya, CFA, FCMA, CGMA, through a rigorous selection and interview process based on eight financial and seven qualitative criteria. The list of Sri Lanka’s 10 Most Admired Companies comprised of some of the country’s largest diversified conglomerates and financial service providers as well as players from the tea and ICT sectors.

“We are honoured to receive this coveted award at the ‘Most Admired Companies of Sri Lanka 2018’ awards ceremony where we have been rated as one of Sri Lanka’s 10 Most Admired Companies. I would like to congratulate and thank all our stakeholders and over 4,000 team members of the Sampath family whose commitment and relentless efforts continue to bring us greater glory,” said Sampath Bank PLC Managing Director Nanda Fernando. 

“This award is yet another testament to our strong financial fundamentals, steady growth and commitment to serving the nation, factors that have together helped us earn the respect of the people and win their trust. They strengthen our resolve to continue to leverage emerging technologies to deliver greater value to all our stakeholders and thereby lend our support to economic growth and national development.”

This honour comes on the heels of Sampath Bank being recognised as Sri Lanka’s ‘Best Retail Bank’ and ‘Best Commercial Bank’ for the fifth consecutive year at the prestigious World Finance Banking Awards. Earlier this year, the Bank was included to the MSCI Frontier Market 100 Index, becoming the only Sri Lankan company in the Index with a weightage of 0.36%.

Sampath Bank PLC Senior Deputy General Manager – Consumer Banking Tharaka Ranwala and Sampath Bank PLC Group Chief Human Resource Officer Aruna Jayasekara accepted the award on behalf of the Bank.