April 2, 2018.

Former St. Peter’s College cricketer Bernard Wijetunge was inducted as President of Skal International Colombo at its recently concluded AGM held at the Galadari Hotel. Skal is a professional organization of tourism leaders around the world, promoting global tourism and friendship. It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry. Its members, the industry’s managers and executives meet at local, national, regional and international levels to do business among friends. Skal International today has approximately 15,000 members in 400 Clubs over 90 countries. Most activities occur at local level, moving up through National Committees, under the umbrella of Skal International, headquartered at the General Secretariat in Torremolinos, Spain.

The Office Bearers elected were:

• President: Bernard Wijetunga
• Vice President – Ahintha Amerasinghe
• Secretary – Zahara Mufti
• Treasurer – Keethi Jayaweera
• Membership Development Officer – Nirmalan Nagendra
• Young Skal Coordinator – Rohitha Mendis
• Public Relations Officer – Dinushka Chandrasena
• Committee Members – Mahendra Balasuriya and Nishad Wijetunga
• Immediate Past President – Dushy Jayaweera
• The Board of Advisors : Sega Nagendra, Jayantha Panabokke, Shamalie de Vaz, Dushy Jayaweera.