Wins award for ‘Best CSR project on women empowerment by an organisation’ at ‘Top 50 Professional & Career Women Awards’The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has been recognised for its commitment to empower women at the ‘Top 50 Professional and Career Women Awards’ held recently in Colombo. The Bank is committed to women empowerment at the workplace with six women in its corporate management team and many more holding senior and key positions in the Bank. Notably, women make up the majority of the Bank’s Micro customer segment while close to 50% of the Bank’s SME exposure is in ‘women connected’ entities. Launched in March 2011 by WIM, ‘The Top 50 Professional & Career Women Awards’ celebrates the achievements of remarkable women who inspire those around them – either through the media, through achievements in their careers, businesses, and everyday lives. The annual event is an uplifting awards ceremony where the individual and corporate achievements of trailblazing women leaders in Sri Lanka are celebrated.

Source: The Nation February 05, 2021 13:07 UTC