Chevron rewards exceptional performers

Jayashantha wins coveted Marketer of the Year 2007

Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC honoured the organisations best and most outstanding achievers for the year 2007 at the Chevron Star Awards held recently. The ceremony was to recognise the exceptional performance of both Chevron employees and the drive and dedication of their business partners.

At this ceremony, Marketing Executive A H T Jayashantha was awarded the coveted award of the event – “The Marketer of the Year 2007” for his outstanding performance during the year.

Also at the ceremony the outstanding Company Sales Representative, outstanding Marketing Executive, outstanding Sales Engineer, outstanding Regional Sales Manager, Management Team Member and the Top Intellect Award for the Leadership Team Member were the other celebrated award winners at the ceremony who were honoured for their innovative ways to drive enterprise success. At this event, Chevron also acknowledged the accomplishments of their business partners such as the Distributors, Warehouse Managers and Distributor Sales Representatives.

“We are indeed proud of our ‘star’ winners”, says Kishu Gomes, Managing Director/CEO for Chevron in Sri Lanka. “They have demonstrated outstanding enterprise efforts and have positively impacted the organisation. Their ingenuity and enthusiastic collaboration have resulted in great accomplishments for the business.”

“Recognition is the greatest motivator” says Ms. Kami A Witmer, Commercial Attaché & Economic officer for the US Embassy in Sri Lanka who also spoke at the occasion. Ms. Witmer addressed the importance of acknowledging the contribution and commitment made by these dynamic individuals towards the success of the organisation. She applauded the organisation for its principles of fostering an environment where everyone can reach his or her full potential.

The following category winners were ceremonially presented with awards by the Chief Guest Ms. Kami A Witmer on this occasion.

Anurudha Warnakula - Best Caltex Distributor

Rohan de Silva - Best Caltex Warehouse Manager

Sagara Karunaratne - Best Distributor Sales Representative

Sumedha Abeykoon - Best Distributor Sales Representative Colombo

Sagara Karunaratne - Best Distributor Sales Representative North
Induka Sampath de Silva – Best Distributor Sales Representative South
Ruwan Chamara – Outstanding Company Sales Representative

A H T Jayashantha – Outstanding Marketing Executive

Anura Dissanayake - Best performer from Commercial and Industrial Sales

Sarath Gunasekera - Outstanding Regional Sales Manager

In addition to the above, Chevron also recognised Upali Wijesinghe as the Most Outstanding Management Team Member and Gamini Bandaranayake received the ‘Top Intellect Award’ as the Most Outstanding Leadership Team Member for their valuable contributions to the organisation.

According to Chevron “as a member of the Global Chevron Corporation, we believe that human energy is critical for organisational success. As a Chevron company, spirit of ingenuity, collaboration and commitment drives our business every day helping us create innovative solutions to the most demanding problems.”