MBSL crowned with International Europe Award for Quality 2017

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Confirming the international quality standards of its offerings, Sri Lanka’s home grown financial services provider, Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance PLC (MBSL) won the prestigious International Europe Award for Quality 2017 at the Global Trade Leaders’ Club, held on 16 October, at a glittering ceremony in Paris, France. This prestigious international accolade was accepted on behalf of MBSL by the Chairman Dr. Sujeewa Lokuhewa and the Chief Executive Officer Nishaman Karunapala

MBSL CEO Nishaman Karunapala and MBSL Chairman Sujeewa Lokuhewa is with the Quality Certification for International Europe Award for Quality 2017

MBSL has also been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 international standard certification and National Productivity Award in 2006 for the its excellent Quality Management Systems in the financial service sector, contributing towards more effective services to the Sri Lankan business community.

The award ceremony was graced by ambassadors of all award winning countries, including the Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to France, Portugal and Spain, and Permanent Delegate of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, Buddhi K. Athauda.

The International Europe Award for Quality is presented by the Global Trade Leaders’ Club, which is an association of leading businesses, which gathers more than 7,500 members from 95 different countries, all working in the sectors of production and services. The award winning companies receive international recognition among global corporate leaders, making the International Europe Award for Quality, a highly esteemed token of recognition.

Speaking on the experience, Dr. Lokuhewa said, “Needles to say, I am extremely proud of the MBSL team for their latest achievement and I congratulate them on maintaining such high quality standards. By being selected for this international quality award, MBSL has confirmed that we provide our customers in Sri Lanka, products and services that are designed and delivered to standards on par with leading companies across the world. MBSL is also an extremely financially stable financial services provider. Therefore, our customers are assured of the best service standards in the industry.”

CEO Karunapala added, “We are honoured to receive this award and I can assure our customers that we will not be sitting on our laurels going forward. We are already strengthening our products and services portfolio and we have maintained our focus on training and developing our team to continue enhancing our quality standards. Our objective is to support our customers in achieving their objectives and to create value for all our stakeholders.”