The Charter Installation Ceremony of LB Toastmasters Club was held at the LB Finance Corporate Office auditorium recently.
The elected office bearers for the Toastmaster year 2018/2019 - Dreno Mortier (President), Saraniya Murugiah (Vice President, Education), Shilantha Bombuwaladewage (Vice President, Membership), Suh Wong (Vice President, Public Relations), Devsharm Fernando (Secretary), Niranjali Atapattu (Treasurer).
Several invitees from the Colombo Toastmaster Club and LB Finance PLC were present. Toastmaster Ajantha Jayewardene, the District Director for District 82 of Toastmasters International was the chief guest.
While congratulating the newly appointed club officers, Jayewardene stressed the importance of leveraging on the diversity of knowledge and experience within the club to take it to new heights.
Members from the Colombo Toastmasters club which is the sponsor club of the LB Toastmasters Club were also present, while President of the Colombo Toastmasters club, Toastmaster Chathushka Wijesinghe highlighted the efforts made by LB Toastmasters Club Charter President Dreno Mortier in taking the initiative in installing the club. Assistant General Manager, Human Resources, Prasanna Kalinga outlined the importance of communication skills among employees, and added words of encouragement for the charter club members for a successful year ahead. LB Finance PLC always strives for inculcating numerous skills and developing them among employees. The installation of the Toastmasters club is also one of such initiative.
The main objective of setting up the toastmasters club was to provide opportunities to employees in developing their communication and leadership skills through experiential learning.