The 13th Annual General Meeting of the MBA Alumni Association of the University of Colombo was held on 16th July 2010 at the “Earl’s Court”, Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Colombo amidst a large and distinguished gathering including the Dean Dr Guneratne and Mr Jayakody, MBA Coordinator.

Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Nations Trust Bank, Mr Saliya Rajakaruna was the Chief Guest on this occasion. Gracing the occasion, Mr Rajakaruna delivered his speech under the theme, “Never Waste a Good Crisis – Managing Banking Risks” a thought provoking speech on Risk Management in the banking sector.

Jude Fernando was unanimously elected as the President for the forthcoming year. Out going President Anusha Wijeguneratne congratulated the new President and handed over his duties.

The other office bearers elected at the AGM were Sarma Mahalingam - Deputy President, Pubudu de Soyza - Vice President, Nishantha Jayasooriya - Secretary, Hemantha De Silva - Treasurer, Kumudinee Hewavitharanage - Asst. Secretary,  Tilak Weerasinghe - Asst. Treasurer, Anusha Wijeguneratne - Imm. Past President and Exco Members Chandana Aluthgama, Upali Ratnayaka, Shanaka Wijeweera, Lalith Sumanasiri, Saranga Wijeratne, Sujeeva Kumrapperuma, Thambaiah Govinthadas, Lakmini De Silva, JUde Silva, Ruwan Rajapaksha, Rohana Ellawala, Priyantha Gunathilaka, Tharuka De Silva.  Past presidents who opted to serve the committee during the year were Chris Corea, Neil De Mel, Prasad Jayasuriya and Hilary Fernando. 

On taking office the new president, Jude Fernando said:

“I am delighted and honored to have been elected as the president in what is proving to be a crucial year in post war Sri Lanka with the ever increasing development demands.

I intend to fully engage the Colombo MBA Alumni with all its stakeholders - MBA graduates past present and future, the Management Faculty administration, University academic staff, its MBA students, and the university community at large.

The Colombo MBA Alumni will be highly visible in the coming year, and this will create tremendous value for the University’s MBA community. I hope that together with the University of Colombo we can make the Colombo MBA a coveted qualification, and that it will be the flagship for the University as it rightly should be. As such, the theme for the year will be ‘Association for greater heights’.

The University of Colombo, Faculty of Management & Finance provides the most prestigious and highly regarded masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) in Sri Lanka. The Alumni Association was originally set up in the year 1997 by a group of MBA graduates from University of Colombo who wished to further the interests of MBA graduates and also to make contribution to their Alma Mater and to the country with a vision “To be the first choice in business governance”.

Since then, the Association has grown in stature and is today a well known association with members working in diverse disciplines - corporate governance, general management, finance, marketing, IT, HR and administration in both private and public sector across a large part of Sri Lanka.

The 13th committee in office is yet another vibrant and dynamic team committed to serve the best interests of the University of Colombo, MBA Alumni Association. “