Aitken Spence Wikipedia. Aitken Spence. Public. Traded as. CSE SPEN. N0. 00. 0Industry. Leisure. Transportation Logistics. Power Generation. Information Technology. Financial Services. BPOKPOPrinting. Apparel. Plantation Services. Get Data Back Keygen more. Property Development. Founded. 18. 68. Founder. Patrick Gordon Spence. Thomas Clark. Edward Aitken. S. R. Aitken. Headquarters. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Area served. Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh,India, South Africa, Oman, Fiji. Key people. Harry JayawardenaChairman,Rajan BritoDeputy Chairman and. Managing Director,Rohan Fernando Director,Parakrama DissanayakeDirector,Stasshani JayawardenaDirectorRevenue US 2. US 4. 3. 6 million 2. US 3. 4. 4 million 2. Employees may review the Professional Competencies and NonTeacher Appraisal Calendar posted on this page. Houston Independent School District. West 18th St. Houston, TX 770928501. Phone 7135566000. Coordenadas 6 55 N, 79 50 E. Total assets US 4. Total equity US 2. Number of employees. Website. Official Website. Aitken Spence PLC Scottish pronunciation, Sinhalese, Tamil is a Sri Lankan blue chipconglomerate1 with operations in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific. Listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange since 1. The group also has a significant presence in printing, plantations, power generation, financial services, IT, BPOKPO sector, elevator agency services, garments, and property development. Aitken Spence has been recognised by Forbes as one of the most successful publicly traded companies with annual sales under US1 billion outside of the United States, for three consecutive years. In 2. Aitken Spence was adjudged the top winner of the Best Corporate Citizen Award 2. Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and has retained the title for 1. The Company is one of the first signatories to the UNs Global Compact in Sri Lanka. HistoryeditWhilst the roots of Aitken Spence can be dated back to Wilson Archer Partnership of the 1. British Colonial Ceylon, the company began to take its current form after the signing of a formal partnership agreement between Thomas Clark and Patrick Gordon SpenceScottish merchants and shipping agents7 in Galleon 1 September 1. Clark Spence Co. Whilst the roots of Aitken Spence can be dated back to Wilson Archer Partnership of the 1830s in the early British Colonial Ceylon, the company began to take its. Clark Spence Co. s trading segment at this stage included exports of natural vein graphite plumbago, gems, hides, Sappan wood, ebony, coffee, coconut oil, coir yarn, bristle fibre, arrack, and citronella oil to United Kingdom, Continental Europe, United States of America and Australia and imports of Burmese rice and coal for steamer shipbunkers. On 5 April 1. 87. Patrick Gordon Spence, secured Clark Spence Co. Lloyds of London in Ceylon. In order to service the Agency for the Lloyds of London for the Port of Colombo, Clark Spence Co. Britton, Aitken Co. Colombo. On New Years Day, 1. E. C. Britton opted out of the Britton, Aitken Co. Patrick Gordon Spence, Edward Aitken and S. R. Aitken coming together to form Aitken Spence Co. Colombo, whilst Clark Spence Co. Kandy-Vasu-Dinesh.jpg' alt='Kandy - April 2015.Pdf' title='Kandy - April 2015.Pdf' />Galle. In 1. Aitken Spence Co. Lloyds agency from Clark Spence Co. Aitken Spence had also obtained the local agency of Morgan Crucible Company for trading in plumbago. As Colombo became the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, Aitken Spence Co became more prominent and subsequently its partner company, Clark Spence Co. Galle, became a subsidiary of Aitken Spence Co. By the 1. 88. 0s, Aitken Spence had also secured the shipping agencies Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd and Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland for Ceylon. The company moved into plantations sector as an agency house in the early 1. Great Depression, began to withdraw from its trading business. In 1. 91. 8, Aitken Spence purchased the Freudenberg Building in Colombo, and made it its company headquarters having renamed the building as Lloyds Building. As a pioneer in port operations, Aitken Spence was entrusted in coordinating the Operations of Colombo Port during the Second World War. Aitken Spence became a Private Company in 1. In its centenary year, 1. Sri Lankan Chairman,8 E. L. Van Langenberg. By 1. 97. 1, as Sri Lanka was preparing to end British dominion and declare as republic, the company became a wholly Sri Lankan owned entity. In 1. 97. 2, it began to offer shares to its executives, thereby broad basing its ownership. The Company eventually moved on from this model and in 1. Colombo Stock Exchange with an issued share capital of Rs. During the early 1. Insurance and Plantations sectorswhich were core business segments of Aitken Spence, where the Company had been well established at the timewere nationalized. However, the Groups marine insurance segment including its Lloyd Agency continued to operate as it did not fall within the purview of nationalization. Despite the setbacks from nationalization, in realizing the then governments thrust to boost tourism, Aitken Spence launched its tourism segment in 1. Neptune Hotel in Beruwala, Sri Lanka opened in 1. The company then entered into Aviation in 1. Singapore Airlines in Sri Lanka. In consolidating its travel agency business that had begun with the launch of Aitken Spence Hotels in 1. Aitken Spence set up Aitken Spence Travels in 1. Sri Lanka and as agents for Eurail and Britrail. Tourism is now a core business segment of Aitken Spence. With Sri Lanka adopting open market economic policies focused on export led growth in 1. Aitken Spence forayed further into new business segments  Container and allied services in 1. Garments and apparels in 1. International courier service agency with TNT in 1. Elevators in 1. 98. OTIS. 8 With insurance sector being deregulated in the 1. Group played a pivotal role in the resurgence of private sector insuarance as a proponent of the National Insurance Corporation and Union Assuarance Ltd, stakes in which Aitken Spence subsequently divested. Aitken Spence reentered Plantations sector, when the sector was reprivatized in 1. Udapussellawa Plantation PLC that was later divested. In response to the Power Crisis in Sri Lanka in 1. Aitken Spence began to explore investment opportunities in power generation sector, with first two power plants coming online in 2. The Group also maintained container vessel operations, with acquisition of five ships in a joint venture with Ceyline Group in 2. In 2. 01. 0, in continuing its partnership with Ceyline Group, Aitken Spence invested in CINEC, Sri Lankas largest private higher education institution. Aitken Spence was the first Sri Lankan resort operator to embark on overseas resort operations having acquired Bathala Island Resort of Maldives in 1. In 1. 99. 6, Aitken Spence entered Bangladesh through Aitken Spence Cargo with its shipping services. Teamo Supremo Rescue Game. A decade later, in 2. Aitken Spence entered the Indian hospitality sector, having secured management contracts for five hotel properties in India. On the same year, the company broke new ground by becoming the first Sri Lankan company to venture into port efficiency management outside of Sri Lanka, when it undertook to improve efficiency of ports in the African continent. The company increased its global presence even further by obtaining the management of four hotel properties in Oman in 2. In 2. 01. 3, Aitken Spence announced its proposed venture into Fiji to manage the Ports of Suva and Lautoka in a public private partnership with the Government of Fiji. The Group has expressed interest to further diversify its investments in Fiji, venturing into hospitality, power and printing sectors.