Strengthening its commitment and sustained excellence to building a team of dynamic motivated individuals, Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) was amply rewarded with one of the highest accolades in HR development at the recently held SLITAD People Development Awards. After receiving the Gold award for three consecutive years, CDB’s dedication to excellence in people development was recognized with the prestigious Platinum Award.

CDB has won three gold awards for three years consecutively at the SLITAD Awards. With Team CDB looking on, Senior Manager Dulanga Gamage and Chief Support Service Officer Nayanthi Kodagoda receive the award and certificate at the ceremony.
“We have always maintained an unwavering commitment to integrating human resource development into our core business operations,” says Director Corporate Finance Roshan Abeygoonewardena. “Fostering a working environment where our team members thrive both individually and collectively, working towards goals that reflect both personal and Company aspirations, our strategy bets on people which has enabled us to gain extraordinary results through ordinary people. This award therefore is testament to the fact that we have built a winning team and one that has endured some of the biggest challenges in its history.”
Building an empowering workforce equipped with skills and tools to meet and overcome challenges in an evolving industry, CDB is well aligned with the Sri Lanka Institute of Training and Development’s unrelenting focus on fostering professionalism among the Training and Development community across Sri Lanka. Established in 1998, SLITAD has collated professionals across diverse sectors, functions and organisations to spur the development and advancement of professionals in the field of T&D.