Change of guard at COYLE

RADDELLA Holdings Managing Director Thushira Raddella, who recently completed his tenure as President of COYLE, reflected on the year gone by, COYLE's future plans, as well as the way forward for Raddella Holdings, as he handed over the reins of this now formidable Business Chamber to his successor Manjula.

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During Raddella's tenure, several impactful programs were initiated to strengthen Sri Lanka's entrepreneurial ecosystem, including the Young Lankan Platform a dedicated initiative to support SMEs and provide them with the necessary resources to scale and succeed, the Future Founders Program a visionary project aimed at establishing school based entrepreneur clubs, thus instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in the younger generation, the COYLE Global Program, which is a strategic initiative to create overseas business hubs with free warehousing facilities, enabling Sri Lankan entrepreneurs to expand their brands globally, as well as the Entrepreneur Development Centre, a comprehensive support system for startups, scale-ups, and entrepreneurs, offering mentorship, funding guidance, and business development assistance.

"All these initiatives have collectively strengthened Sri Lanka's entrepreneurial foundation and opened new avenues for business growth, whilst cementing our position as a forward thinking, progressive and dynamic Business Chamber," he said.