Brief History of
THE MANAGEMENT CLUB
Around 13 years ago, the outgoing President of the Chartered Management Institute-UK, Sri Lanka Branch, Mr Fayaz Saleem made an observation that two institutions required to be initiated in Sri Lanka to address some of the weaknesses encountered with young professional managers who needed to build their personalities through constant interaction with each othe
r and also with those in other disciplines to be good managers. The other was the formation of a Management Club, not as a social club but one where the middle and top managers could meet and interact with those of differing disciplines, add value to themselves and value to their business through networking and management forums. These observations resulted in the incoming CMI committee, headed by the President of Year 2000/2001 Mr Anil Weeratunga teaming together to form the first Management Club on 12th February 2001 at a ceremony at the Galle Face Hotel officiated by Chief Guest Ms Linda Duffield, then British High Commissioner for Sri Lanka. The Inaugural General Meeting of the Club was held on 5th March 2002 with a special ceremony to unveil the Founder Members plaque. TMC as it is popularly known today has among its membership the cream of practically all professional firms in the country among its managers. With a combined membership of around 600, CMI-UK Sri Lanka Branch and TMC strive to bring standards of management to international standards and heights of excellence.
