Head of KPMG Corporate Citizenship to
visit SL
KPMG Ford, Rhodes,
Thornton & Co. recently announced the proposed visit to Sri Lanka by Lord
Hastings of Scarisbrick (CBE), the Global Head of Corporate Citizenship &
Diversity of KPMG International. In a press release the firm announced
that Lord Hastings is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka in the month of May
2009 to observe some of the local member firm’s corporate citizenship
initiatives and also assess the impact made by several global citizenship
projects which have been directed towards beneficiaries in Sri Lanka.
Nirmal Fernando, the Senior Partner of KPMG Sri Lanka noted "Such a
visit by a Global head is recognition and encouragement for the work done
by the firm and staff members and also reaffirms our commitment to our
communities". Lord Hastings during his time in Sri Lanka is to visit the
KPMG Housing Village in Seenigama, one of the five housing villages
constructed in a collaborative effort by KPMG member firms towards
assisting in the resettlement of over 150 families and individuals
affected by the tsunami calamity in 2004. He is also expected to address
the business community in a presentation Co-hosted by ACCA.
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