Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) Chairman Lord Marland will visit Sri Lanka from February 19-21 as part of a larger trip to South and South East Asia.
CWEIC is a commercial, not-for-profit membership organisation with an official mandate from the Commonwealth Heads of Government to facilitate trade and investment throughout the 56 Commonwealth member nations. CWEIC has multiple Strategic Partners (members) in Sri Lanka including Port City Colombo, Capital Maharaja Group and LOLC Holdings from the private sector.
In 2023, the Government rejoined as a Strategic Partner. Tomorrow, Lord Marland will meet President Ranil Wickremesinghe and State Minister of Investment Promotion, Dilum Amunugama. In the evening, CWEIC Strategic Partner Port City Colombo will host him with prominent government and business leaders. On February 20, Lord Marland will meet British High Commissioner Andrew Patrick. Throughout the two days he will meet CWEIC’s Strategic Partners. Lord Marland will also meet prospective Strategic Partners interested in joining CWEIC to expand their businesses across the 56 Member States of the Commonwealth. He will depart for Singapore on February 21.
The CWEIC aims to use the convening power and trusted network of the Commonwealth to drive trade and investment. CWEIC’s network includes over 140 business and government Strategic Partners. Every two years, CWEIC hosts the Commonwealth Business Forum in association with the host country of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
