THE AMCHAM BALL 2023 | LMD

AmCham Celebrates 30 years of Operations in Sri Lanka

The scintillating and glamorous annual AmCham SL Ball made a grand comeback after a 5-year hiatus, to have a good time the thirtieth anniversary of AmCham Sri Lanka and seventy fifth anniversary of USA/Sri Lanka bilateral relations.

THE AMCHAM BALL 2023, powered by Citi held lately on the Hilton Grand Ballroom and was an evening of class and camaraderie that was undoubtedly a spotlight of the Colombo Social Calendar.

The occasion was attended by prime corporates, and members of the diplomatic neighborhood in addition to quite a few social, civil and media personalities. Visitor of honor HE Julie J Chung, Ambassador of the US in Sri Lanka spoke on the event and acknowledged “This 12 months marks the thirtieth 12 months of AmCham’s operations in Sri Lanka and with only one go searching this room you may see how profitable the group has change into …  (and) as we commemorate the seventy fifth anniversary of bilateral relations between the US and Sri Lanka, and the thirtieth anniversary of the AmCham, we must always take pleasure within the constructive affect that we’ve got had on Sri Lanka, the economic system, and its folks”  

To coincide with what the Visitor of honor HE Julie J Chung shared, Mr Lakshan Madurasinghe, The president of AmCham SL additionally acknowledged that AmCham SL is not only an affiliation; it’s a dynamic discussion board that fosters commerce, funding, and enterprise relations between Sri Lanka and the US. As probably the most influential and prestigious worldwide enterprise chambers within the island, we’re dedicated to offering our over 400 member companies- that we have a good time an acknowledge this night, with a multi-dimensional useful resource community that equips you with the knowledge, community, market entry, instruments, and information wanted to achieve bilateral enterprise endeavors.

One of many highlights of the evening which went hand with hand with the phrases the Ambassador her excellency Julie J Chung was the felicitation of AmCham SLs previous presidents the place presidents  over the span of the final 30 years have been acknowledged and appreciated for his or her affect and repair each in individual in addition to posthumously.

The elegant sit down dinner was additionally adopted by a silent public sale to boost cash for the AmCham SL Provides Again program. The AmCham SL offers again program is the CSR arm of AmCham SL which conducts annual neighborhood outreach actions. Final 12 months supported by AmCham signature occasions akin to yuletide greetings, AmCham SL and its members donated over LKR 6 million via numerous neighborhood outreach packages.

This evening of refined class charmed visitors with a mesmerizing mix of curated culinary delights, partaking leisure, and camaraderie of shared historical past. Leisure powerhouses Natasha Ratnayake, Voiceprint, Redeemers, Flame and the spotlight of the evening, a visitor spot by Bathiya and Santhush noticed visitors rocking the dance ground till the wee hours.

The night was made potential by the beneficiant help of Title Sponsor Citi Financial institution and different sponsors specifically South Seashore Weligama, Sysco Labs, Haycarb, Kerry Logistics and LOLC Holdings amongst others.