{"id":6101,"date":"2020-09-08T09:22:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T03:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2020-09-08T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T03:54:05","slug":"coffee-with-a-business-leader-covid-19-and-survival-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/coffee-with-a-business-leader-covid-19-and-survival-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee with a Business Leader: COVID-19 and Survival Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Business Economics organized \u201cCoffee with a Business Leader: COVID-19 and Survival Strategies\u201d, a dialogue between the industry, and students of the Master of Business Economics (MBE) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Business Economics programmes on 22nd of August 2020. Mr. Priyantha Perera (Executive Director &#8211; Sales &amp; Marketing, Sathosa Motors PLC and Director, Access Motors (Pvt) Ltd.) and Mr. Nuwan Gamage (Vice President-Education, Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) and Head of Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability at Arinma Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.) were contributed as the resource persons and Dr. P.J.S. Fernando (Coordinator of Master of Business Economics (MBE)) moderated the session. 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