Sri Lanka, May 26 -- MullenLowe Group Sri Lanka continues its creative dominance as Sampath Karunaratne, Creative Director, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Next Generation Leader Scholarship to attend the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France.

This marks the second consecutive year that a MullenLowe Sri Lanka creative leader has been selected for the scholarship, following Harendra Uyanage, who was recognised as the inaugural recipient last year during his tenure as Vice President and Executive Creative Director.

Initiated by Metal Factor, the scholarship honours the legacy of Yong Lye Peng and is designed to identify and support emerging leaders within Sri Lanka's marketing communications industry. The pr...