David Pieris Group sponsors MCA ‘E’ Division Cricket for the 19th consecutive year 

Reaffirming their commitment to promote sports in the country, David Pieris Group of Companies (DPGC) extended its sponsorship of the Mercantile ‘E’ Division Cricket Tournament for the 19th consecutive year. This is the second longest sponsorship in the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) tournament history.

The official handing over of the sponsorship took place on Wednesday at MCA with the participation of David Pieris Motor Company (Private) Limited Director and Chief Operating Officer Naalaka Madugalle, Director, Romany Parakrama, Chief Marketing Communications Officer Nadi B. Dharmasiri, Chief Marketing Officer of Assetline Leasing Company Limited Ajantha Premasiri, MCA President Nalin Wickremasinghe, MCA Executive Committee Member and Secretary of the Tournament Committee Lakmal de Silva, media and guests.

The tournament which commenced recently witnessed LOLC, Fairfirst Insurance, Brandix Essentials, Ceylinco Insurance, Expolanka Holdings, John Keells ‘B’, Virtusa and Stafford Motors recording victories during the last weekend.

Commercial Credit, Amana Takaful, Janashakthi Insurance, Commercial Leasing & Finance, Trelleborg Lanka, Softlogic Finance, MBSL Insurance and Union Assurance are the other teams vying for success in this tourney.

David Pieris Group has always been a strong proponent of sports, encouraging not only its employees to participate but supporting sports among the mercantile sector as well. They greatly appreciate skills and values that sports, and particularly, team sports inculcate in employees. A sense of competition, the importance of team work, leveraging individual skills for collective success, the ability to think on your feet, strategic and tactical play, falling in with the captain’s plan and delivering what is required – all of which are critical for success in today’s corporate world.

The MCA and its league tournaments continue to create and deliver great value. It provides a platform and opportunity for men and women who love the sport to continue to play the game even after they leave school and enter the corporate world

Currently David Pieris Group’s teams participate in mercantile cricket, athletics, volleyball, hockey, basketball, netball and badminton. David Pieris Group ‘A’ team played in the Mercantile ‘D’ Division semi-finals last year and the ‘B’ team is playing in the ‘F’ Division.

Embracing a history that dates back four decades, today, David Pieris Group is one of Sri Lanka’s largest and financially stable conglomerates and to date has provided direct and indirect job opportunities to over four million Sri Lankans.

The Group comprises eighteen companies in diversified industries including automotive products and services, financial services, logistics, information technology (IT), investment properties, racing, leisure and organic agri export.