IronOne CEO excels at NCE Awards 2016

Lakmini Wijesundera receiving the award from the NCE officials: Ramya Holdings Founder/Chairperson and NCE Sri Lanka Vice President Ramya Weerakoon, NCE Sri Lanka President Sarada De Silva and NCE Awards Committee Chairman Ramal Jayasinghe

IronOne Technologies Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Lakmini Wijesundera excelled yet again being awarded the prestigious Special Award by the National Chamber of Exporters (NCE) of Sri Lanka in recognition of the unique entrepreneurship and achievement in the field of exports. 
The NCE Awards Ceremony was presided over by Ministers Eran Wickramaratne and Ravi Karunanayake, Export Development Board (EDB) Chairperson Indira Malwatte and other distinguished guests. 
This Special Award was a result of the nomination from the Women’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce (WCIC) headed by Chairperson Rifa Musthapha. 
Wijesundera recently was the triple Gold award winner including Entrepreneur of the Year, Exporter of the Year and Gold award in the large category at the Entrepreneur Awards organised by the WCIC. 
This achievement by her as CEO of IronOne Technologies, which is a heavily export-oriented ICT software products and services company, sets a positive example to millions of aspiring women entrepreneurs in a male-dominated industry.
IronOne Technologies has been in business for 10 years with a market presence and clientele in over 15 countries and specializes in BoardPAC, a paperless secure board automation used by the top 100 companies, Deloitte, MayBank, Axiata Group, Bank of Ceylon (BOC), the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and John Keells being some of them.
IronOne’s ATrad online trading and broker back office platform is the major operating platform for the capital markets stockbroking industry. The ATrad platform has over 70 percent market share in the CSE with clientele such as Asia Securities, NDBS, Capital Trust, CT Smith, Taprobane Securities, First Capital and many others.  
Wijesundera expressed her thanks to President Sarada De Silva, Secretary General/CEO Shiham Marikkar, the Management Committee and Secretariat of the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka and Musthapha and the WCIC board for their encouragement and recognition of businesses headed by women in Sri Lanka.  She further stated, “This recognition is a significant milestone for me and also for many other women-led businesses, including those women who are considering embarking on business ventures. It is a clear sign that Sri Lanka is now an open and ready environment for women-led businesses to flourish.”
The NCE is nationally known as the ‘voice of exporters’ and is the only private sector chamber exclusively serving Sri Lankan exporters. It plays a major role by supporting the efforts of the state in its endeavour in achieving the export targets for economic development.
Musthapha added, “It is a proud moment for us at Women’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce Sri Lanka to witness Lakmini Wijesundera being presented with the NCE of Sri Lanka’s national level Special Award of recognition of this woman-led entrepreneurial business through our nomination to the NCE Awards.”
DSI Samson Rubber Industries was the recipient of the NCE Award 2016 Best Sri Lankan Brand Exporter Award. Other winners of the day were Richard Peiris Group of Companies, Imperial Teas, Sanken Overseas Private Limited, Noritake Lanka Porcelain, MAS Active Trading, Uva Halpewatte, Rileys, CL Synergy, Zam Gems, Imperial Spices, University of Peradeniya, BOC, HNB Bank, NDB Bank, People’s Bank and Sampath Bank.