David Pieris Group sponsors Mercantile ‘E’ Division Cricket for 19th consecutive year

 Sponsorship cheque for the DPGC Challenge Trophy handing over to MCA President Nalin Wickremasinghe by David Pieris Motor Company Director and COO Naalaka Madugalle. MCA Sponsorship Committee Chairman Rohan Somawansa, MCA Senior Vice President and Tournament Committee Chairman Mahesh de Alwis, MCA President Nalin Wickremasinghe, David Pieris Motor Company Director Romany Parakrama, Assetline Leasing Company Chief Marketing Officer Ajantha Premasiri and David Pieris Holdings Group Chief Marketing Communication Officer Nadi B. Dharmasiri are also present

Reaffirming the Group’s commitment to sports in the country, David Pieris Group of Companies (DPGC) extended its sponsorship of the Mercantile ‘E’ Division Cricket Tournament for the 19th consecutive year. This is the second longest sponsorship in the history of the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA).

The official handing over of the sponsorship took place on 8 December at Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) with the participation of David Pieris Motor Company Ltd. Director and Chief Operating Officer Naalaka Madugalle, Director Romany Parakrama, David Pieris Group Chief Marketing Communications Officer Nadi B. Dharmasiri, Assetline Leasing Ltd. Company Chief Marketing Officer Ajantha Premasiri, MCA President Nalin Wickremasinghe, MCA Executive Committee Member and Secretary of the Tournament Committee Lakmal de Silva, media and guests.

David Pieris Group has always been a strong proponent of sports, encouraging not only its employees to participate but supporting sports among the mercantile sector as well. They greatly appreciate skills and values that sports, and particularly, team sports inculcate in employees. A sense of competition, the importance of team work, leveraging individual skills for collective success, the ability to think on your feet, strategic and tactical play, falling in with the Captain’s plan and delivering what is required - all of which are critical for success in today’s corporate world. 

The MCA and its league tournaments continue to create and deliver great value. It provides a platform and opportunity for men and women who love the sport to continue to play the game even after they leave school and enter the corporate world 

Currently David Pieris Group’s teams participate in mercantile cricket, athletics, volleyball, hockey, basketball, netball and badminton. David Pieris Group A team played in the Mercantile ‘D’ Division Semi-finals last year and the B team is playing in the ‘F’ Division.

Embracing a history that dates back four decades, today, David Pieris Group is one of Sri Lanka’s largest and financially stable conglomerates and to date has provided direct and indirect job opportunities to over four million Sri Lankans.

The Group comprises 18 companies in diversified industries including automotive products and services, financial services, logistics, information technology (IT), investment properties, racing, leisure and organic agri export.

David Pieris Motor Company Director and COO Naalaka Madugalle delivering the keynote address. Other members of the head table (from left): MCA Sponsorship Committee Chairman Rohan Somawansa, MCA Senior Vice President and Tournament Committee Chairman Mahesh de Alwis, MCA President Nalin Wickremasinghe, David Pieris Motor Company Director Romany Parakrama, Assetline Leasing Company Chief Marketing Officer Ajantha Premasiri and David Pieris Holdings Group Chief Marketing Communication Officer Nadi B. Dharmasiri