Antonio Alles

Functions as a College/University

Provides banking and financial services

Lanka Financial Services Bureau Ltd. is a Sri Lankan company established in 2006-2007 through collaboration among leading banks, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and the Sri Lanka Banks Association. The company is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The company operates under a corporate cooperative business model and provides cost-effective, secure financial messaging services to the local financial community via the SWIFT network. It offers shared connectivity and messaging infrastructures that serve as common gateways and interfaces for sending, receiving, and managing SWIFT messages. These services support over 34 SWIFT users, including local and foreign banks and primary dealers. Lanka Financial Services Bureau also delivers value-added services such as hardware, software, project planning, implementation, ISO 20022 services, training, and CSCF audits. The company partners with managed service providers for network connectivity and is overseen by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to ensure efficient national payment and settlement systems.

The Employers' Federation of Ceylon (EFC), established in 1929, is Sri Lanka’s national employers’ organization representing over 700 members across 21 industries and advocating for more than 800,000 employees. The private company is based in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. It serves as a voice for business on employment law, industrial relations, and labor policy, promoting social harmony through productive employment and cooperation among employers, workers, and government. EFC offers services including advisory support, industrial relations assistance, specialized HR and legal consultancy, training and certification programs, and plantation sector services tailored to regional plantation companies managing tea, rubber, coconut, and other crops. Its HR and legal solutions unit provides expertise in labor law compliance, occupational safety and health, HR strategy, policy development, talent management, employee engagement, and compensation consulting. The federation also delivers customized training, diversity and inclusion assessments, and outsourcing consultancies, collaborating with partners for financial restructuring, lean six sigma, business coaching, and leadership development. The organization promotes responsible business initiatives such as the skills passport for migrant workers and the employers’ network on disability, supporting employment and training for persons with disabilities through its disability training and resource centre, which offers accredited programs including sign language, computer literacy, entrepreneurship, and IT certifications. EFC conducts research and surveys on wages, benefits, employment trends, and disability inclusion, and provides data to members and stakeholders. It engages in advocacy, legislation updates, and national initiatives related to workplace guidelines.

Provides brokerage services

Operates as member institute for directors

Operates hotels and motels

Provides instruction and training services for employees of banking institutions and Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Operates as an investment holding company which sells tiles, sanitary ware, packing materials, aluminum and timber products & provides financial services

Provides investment services

Provides electronic payment services

Manufactures aluminum products

Provides financial services

Provides insurance services

Provides microfinance services

Provides micro financing services