Home  ⁄  Tag Archives: Maldives

Coca-Cola has announced the appointment of Kaushali Kusumapala as the new Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives. Making history as the first Sri Lankan woman in this position, Kaushali succeeds former Country Director, Pankaj Sinha, who assumed the role in 2019. In this position, Kaushali will closely collaborate with bottling teams, customers, partners, consumers and external stakeholders in Sri Lanka and Maldives. With a career spanning back to 2009, Kaushali has garnered diverse experience having worked with organisations and brands such as Leo Burnett, Fonterra Dairy and Domino’s Pizza. Notably, her journey to leadership includes significant achievements at Hemas International, where she served as Director of Marketing, contributing to market entry strategies, international market development and pioneering marketing initiatives. Expressing excitement on her appointment, Kaushali said, “I am thrilled to embark on this journey with Coca-Cola and collaborate with our bottling partners, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka and Male’ Aerated ...

Apr 20, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,
Read More →

YEVIN SAMARARATNE Sri Lanka born young Golf prodigy in Brisbane had qualified for the final squad of thirty among 125 golfers at the Sri Lankan Open Golf Championships 2023 – By Sunil Thenabadu Sri Lanka born teenage golf prodigy Yevin Samararatne has done remarkably at the open golf championships  2023 being held at Colombo Golf Club courses which commenced on the 30th May.At the end of the preliminary rounds they had selected thirty players squad for the final two rounds. Yevin has been placed the 17th beating so many overseas players and local players who are used to this golf course. The score card is annexed hereto. The overseas players from countries like USA, Singapore,India,Pakistan,Singapore,Japan,Maldives etc are participating .Yevin is the only participant from down under.   Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane… Also refer to this article eLanka published in Oct 2021 “ Yevin and Tiyara phenomenal golfing siblings “Down Under””    https://www.elanka.com.au/yevin-and-tiyara-phenomenal-golfing-siblings-down-under-2/ Sri ...

Jun 1, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , ,
Read More →

Profoundly sorrowful news: Mr. Neil Fernando (25thMay 1937 – 9th January 2021) – by Felix Stephen   It is with deep sorrow and a heavy heart that I share with you the extremely sad news that my dear friend Mr. Neil Fernando (25thMay 1937 – 9th January 2021) passed away while on a visit to the United Kingdom. Neil was a close friend of my younger brother, the late Tony Stephen (former General Manager – Fihalohi Holiday Resort, Maldives). It was Tony who introduced Neil to me when I made a stopover in Colombo during an official global tour in the late 90’s. Neil’s fledgling company Neil Marine (Pvt) Ltd. (http://neilmarine.com/)  was seeking support to expand their fiberglass boat building venture. I introduced Neil to the team at AusAID at the Australian High Commission in Colombo.    From humble beginnings around the Negombo Lagoon where Neil began his boat building enterprise over 50 ...

Mar 1, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Obituaries Tagged , , ,
Read More →