Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka Region
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Background
Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Region (CIM Sri Lanka) is an affiliated body of the Charted Institute of Marketing in UK. It is an educational institute and a professional association for marketers and marketing students. CIM Sri Lanka describes itself as “the fastest growing CIM body which serves over 3,000 studying members and 1,000 members”.[1] The governing board of the institution in the 2016 – 2017 period can be found in CIM Sri Lanka Website.
Tobacco Related Activities
CIM Sri Lanka hosted a Breakfast Forum featuring the CEO and the Managing Director of the Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC.Held on 01st March 2017, it was titled “Stakeholder Engagement” (Image 1).[2][3] According to the media reports, the forum “bring together top Business leaders, CEOs, CIM Fellow Members and Senior Corporate Executives”.[4]
CIM case study collection featured tobacco industry as a good example for marketing strategies (Image 2).[5]
Further, employees of the tobacco industry serve as CIM teachers as reflected in the examples below;
- Thusitha Abeyesekera – Abeyesekera was an employee of the tobacco industry from August 2006. He reportedly served as a “Senior Lecturer (Pro bono)” for CIM from January 2007 to February 2012.[6]
- Dusty Alahakoon – Alahakoon was employed at CTC from September 2000 to January 2006.[7] He is reportedly a CIM lecturer from 1999.[8]
Links with the Tobacco Industry
CIM Sri Lanka is a member of the Council for Business with Britain (CBB), an organization in which CTC CEO served in the Executive Committee of 2016 - 2017.[9]
Some of the office bearers of the CIM Regional Board has either past or present links with the Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) as mentioned below;
- Sujith Silva (Secretary)[10] – Jude Sujith Silva is the Managing Director of Inspire Holdings Pvt. Ltd, a company that lists CTC as a client.[11]
- Sumudu Thanthirigoda (Treasurer)[10] – Sumudu Thanthirigoda is employed as the General Manager – Sales and Marketing at ACL Cables PLC from October, 2014. He worked as the Planning and Insights Manager at CTC from November 2011 to April 2013.[12] Thanthirigoda served in the Regional Management Committee of CIM Sri Lanka in 2011/2012 and in 2013 as well, while he was employed in the CTC.[13][14]
Relevant Links
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Notes
- ↑ CIM Sri Lanka. CIM Sri Lanka, undated, accessed March 2017
- ↑ CIM Sri Lanka Website. Breakfast Forum – Stakeholder Engagement, 01 March 2017, accessed March 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CIM Sri Lanka. Facebook Album - CIM CEO Breakfast Forum, 01st March 2017, accessed March, 2017
- ↑ The Island. Michael Koest, MD and CEO, CTC to address CIM SL, 24 February 2017, accessed March 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 H Meek, R Meek. CIM Coursebook 03/04 Strategic Marketing Management, London: Routledge, 2012
- ↑ T Abeyesekera. LinkedIn Profile, undated, accessed March 2017
- ↑ D Alahakoon. LinkedIn Profile, undated, accessed March 2017
- ↑ Daily FT. Dusty nominee from CIM Sri Lanka Region to represent CIM International Board of Trustees, 08 December 2010, accessed March 2017
- ↑ Council for Business with Britain. The Council for Business with Britain Committee 2016/2017, undated, accessed March, 2017
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CIM Sri Lanka. CIM Regional Board 2016 – 2017, undated, accessed March 2017
- ↑ JS Silva. LinkedIn Profile, undated, accessed March 2017
- ↑ S Thanthirigoda. LinkedIn Profile, undated, accessed March 2017
- ↑ The Island. CIM Sri Lanka Region elects new Board, Management Committee for 2013, 18 December 2012, accessed March 2017
- ↑ Daily FT. CIM Sri Lanka region gears for another year, 16 December 2011, accessed March 2017
