Pradeep Edward elected SLIM President | Sunday Observer

Pradeep Edward elected SLIM President

8 April, 2018
Pradeep Edward
Pradeep Edward

The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing, incorporated by Act No. 41 of 1980 of Parliament, elected Mr Pradeep Edward as its 40th President at the 48th SLIM Annual General Meeting held recently.

The new Council members and Executive Committee consists of prominent figures in the Marketing arena and is spearheaded by President Pradeep Edward, the CEO of Lanka Hospitals Diagnostics (Pvt) Ltd, taking over from the Immediate Past President Mr Karthik Elangovan.

Business Consultant Suranjith Swaris, and the General Manager of Derana /Power House Ltd., Roshan Fernando were elected as Vice Presidents.The Secretary is the Marketing and Communications Manager of South East Asia New Markets at Microsoft Sri Lanka, Ms. Thilanka Abeywardena, while the Treasurer is Lakshitha Wijesinghe, Senior Manager of Group Corporate Planning and Strategy at Dialog Axiata and the role of Assistant Secretary will be held by Ranga Perera, Director - Sales and Marketing, Integrated Media Network (Pvt) Ltd.

The Executive Committee: Shaminda Perera (Reckitt Benckiser), Manthika Ranasinghe, (Blue Mountain Luxury Apartments), Enoch Perera (Primal Glass), Nuwan Gamage (Kindai Kagaku Lanka and Dreamron Group), Chinthaka Perera Hemas Pharmaceuticals and Hemas Surgical and Diagnostics), Sathika Wickramasinghe (Fonterra Brands Lanka), Upali Ranjith (Fadna), Viraj Perera (Reliance Holdings), Kaushala Amarasekara (Laugfs Gas) and Gayan Lakshan Perera (, Singer Sri Lanka).

“We have decided to make 2018 a ‘Year of Gratitude’, where it would be a year to highlight the commitment, support and contribution made towards uplifting SLIM,” said Pradeep Edward, addressing a large gathering in his first address as SLIM President.

Edward counts over 22 years of work experience in both local and multinational companies, of which 17 were in the Managerial capacity. He has also served at Board level in General Management /COO and CEO Capacities for over 10 years. He is currently the CEO at Lanka Hospitals Diagnostics (Private) Limited.

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