More than 300 CEO’s of the financial services sector and senior staff of Central Bank will also be attend to the only convocation dedicated for credit management academics.
Themed “Quest for Sustainable Credit Practices in Sri Lanka”, over 100 students will be passing out from Advanced Diploma in Credit Management, Diploma in Credit Management and Certificate in Micro Credit Management programmes and 3 honorary fellowships will also be granted.
Lyle Peiris, President of Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management (SLICM) said, “The key objective of SLICM is to fulfill the education and training standards of the banking and the non banking financial industry to support the vision of the economic leadership of the country in producing an advanced financial sector by 2020.
It is no doubt that the knowledge in handling and managing credit will determine the success of a business”.
Jithendra Gunatilake, Secretary of Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management (SLICM) added, “The convocation will not only be an opportunity for students to celebrate their educational achievements, but also an opportunity for students and all attendees to realize the significance of focusing on the importance of adopting sustainable practices in lending”.
Main programme of SLICM is the Advanced Professional Diploma in Credit a 12 month long programme which leads towards the Associate Membership of SLICM and Chartered Institute of Credit Management, UK.
Further SLICM offers an Executive Diploma in Islamic Credit Management, Executive Certificate in Marketing Credit Instruments and Certificate in Micro Credit Management.
Associate Members of SLICM are entitled to use the affix “AICM” following their name and the AICM holders are eligible to obtain the Associate Membership of Chartered Institute of Credit Management UK.
Further Advanced Professional Diploma in Credit Management programme can be read using a state of the art E-learning platform, All Asia Institute.
Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management (SLICM) was started in 1988 as a pioneering education project by the leading finance companies intending to fill a vacuum in the leasing and finance related companies in Sri Lanka.
In the year 2000, it was enacted by the Parliament of Sir Lanka and cited that the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management be incorporated under Act No. 07 of 2000.
SLICM has over 25 years of experience in delivering educational programmes in credit management specifically designed to uplift the credit management skills of the Sri Lankan professionals.