UoM and CIM agree to collaborate
DUBAI, January 13, 2021 The University of Manchester (UoM) Middle East Centre in Dubai and The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) have signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) for a Strategic Talent Partnership. It will support professional Training & Development and networking across both professional communities in the region. Under the new agreement, the University and CIM will promote academic exchange and qualifications, higher and professional education, research, practice development and professional networking in the Middle East region. Both organisations will host networking events for University students and alumni, and CIM members, affiliates and students in the Middle East region. The agreement provides for mutual access to professional development courses and the University’s part-time master’s programmes for CIM Level 7 graduates, with preferred rates for CIM Certified Members.
Pradeep Edward wins CEO of the Year Award
January, 11, 2021
The Executive Director / CEO of Sadaharitha Group of Companies Limited Dr. Pradeep Edward was awarded the prestigious “CEO of The Year” award at the recently concluded Sri Lanka Brand Leadership Awards 2020. This award comes across as a major milestone achievement in his journey as a corporate leader. The year 2020 saw him reaching newer heights in his corporate career, unleashing his full potential which entitled him for this award during his tenure as the Chief Executive Officer of Lanka Hospitals Diagnostics.
Sri Lanka Brand Leadership Awards is an annual awards accolade organized by the World Marketing Association and CMO Asia, a premium platform that recognizes outstanding contributions of the marketing fraternity. Held this year as a virtual event, Sri Lanka Brand Leadership Awards 2020 recognized best organizations, brands and individuals for their commitment towards branding, consumer engagement and making a s
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Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills
A Bachelor’s degree in Sales, Business Administration, Marketing, Public Relations, International Relations, Information Technology, Business Administration or a related field (2.2/Upper Credit Minimum)
Free Zones Board boss Micheal Baafi resigns LISTEN
JAN 6, 2021
Member of Parliament (MP)-elect for New Juaben South, Michael Okyere Baafi has resigned from his position as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA).
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in January 2017 appointed the then Head of Sales and Marketing at Phoenix Insurance Company Limited, a private limited liability insurance company in Ghana as CEO of GFZA.
Following his election as an MP after defeating the incumbent, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah at the NPP Parliamentary primaries, he officially resigned to enable him to be sworn in among the 275 lawmakers for the eight parliament.
by Suresh Perera
The purported “sacking” of the Lanka Sathosa Chairman over what was described as a “scandal” in the procurement of rice captured intense media attention, but Nushad Perera, who headed the country’s biggest retail chain, dismissed the claims as “bunkum”.
“I was neither sacked as Chairman nor was there a ‘rice deal’, as claimed”, he said last week.
He said that he resigned on December 31, 2020, to take up his new appointment as Chairman of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) as the President wanted him to build up the national standards body to broad-base benchmarking the country’s export sector.