05 February 2009
CIMA Sri Lanka announced corporate partners for 2009 at a ceremony at the Cinnamon Grand hotel, Colombo.
Initiated last year, the CIMA Corporate Partner Programme was designed so that leading corporate organisations in Sri Lanka could mutually benefit from CIMA's high brand recognition and compatible professionalism and values.
The programme was highly successful last year and facilitated a dialogue on a wide range ofssues affecting business.
Companies who join the high value program for the year 2009 include:
- Cargills Ceylon PLC
- Commercial Bank PLC
- Dialog Telecom Ltd
- GlaxoSmithKline (Pharmaceuticals)
- Hatton National Banking Corporation
- Hayleys PLC
- John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH)
- Microsoft Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
- MTV Channel (Pvt) Limited
- Nations Trust Bank Plc
- Sampath Bank Plc
- Sri Lanka Telecom
- Union Assurance PLC
Speaking at the launch, CIMA's Director of Employer and Strategic Development Rick Sturge said:
'CIMA's global growth strategy is underpinned by strong and effective partnering programmes with employers around the world in order to ensure that CIMA is the qualification of choice and that individuals are encouraged to pursue lifelong learning. We are totally focused on the learning and development agenda of companies as they strive to recruit, develop and retain high performing people. CIMA now offers varied and flexible tailored programmes to meet the demands of its customers.
'We are delighted and reassured by the continued strong demand for CIMA among the leading businesses in Sri Lanka. The increasing numbers of students registering with CIMA and the excellent pass rates amongst those students in Sri Lanka confirm the desire to meet the demands of the corporate market. CIMA continues to identify opportunities to deliver more value to our customers and we will continue to provide added value services through access to technical updates, challenging thought leadership programmes and CIMA events as advertised in the local market.
'I am delighted to be here reaffirming CIMA's commitments to our corporate partners and to continuing to build effective relationships with them both here in Sri Lanka and across the world.'
The Corporate Partner Programme has helped foster an environment of mutual cooperation and discourse between individual partners.
To aid this process, all Corporate Partners will have branding at all CIMA events, receive invitations to all CIMA training programmes and also have approval to use the CIMA logo in their publicity material as a CIMA Corporate Partner.
Bradley Emerson, Regional Director, South Asia & Middle East commented:
'CIMA is a renowned business qualification worldwide. CIMA's existence of 40 years in Sri Lanka is no doubt a dee -rooted professional qualification among leading corporates. This endorsement we have today is only a sample of CIMA's presence in Sri Lankan business.'
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