OPIC Selects Ranjan & Stephanie Exporters as Originators in Enterprise Development Network

(OPIC) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, has selected Ranjan & Stephanie Exporters of Kaduwela, Sri Lanka, a business development and finance consulting firm, to serve as an originator for a growing alliance with the private sector designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) expanding into emerging markets overseas.

The alliance, the Enterprise Development Network (EDN), is expanding the ability of OPIC – the U.S. government agency charged with facilitating U.S. private sector investment in emerging markets – to provide financing to SMEs doing business in developing countries.

Through the support of financial institutions, business consultants, associations, law firms and regional investment promotion agencies, EDN is designed to enhance SME access to OPIC products and services. By empowering such service providers, the network is resulting in more efficient, cost-effective delivery of services to American businesses.

Ranjan & Stephanie Exporters of Kaduwela, Sri Lanka incorporated their business early in 2012 as a sole proprietorship. Its owner, Mr. Ranjan Amarasekara, is an accountant and businessman with more than 20 years of experience in the finance sector offering business development, feasibility studies, project reports and more. He has arranged overseas loans, bank guarantees and other financing through lenders in the Philippines, the U.S. & UK. He recently formed a non-governmental organization with government approval named Ranjan & Stephanie Foundation.