Board of Directors

Mr. Ashok Pathirage

Mr. Ashok Pathirage, recognized as a visionary leader of Sri Lanka’s corporate world, is the founding member and Chairman/ Managing Director of Softlogic Group, one of Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerates. He manages over 50 companies with a pragmatic vision providing employment to nearly 9,600 employees. Pathirage gives strategic direction to the Group which has a leading market presence in four vertical sectors – Retail & Telco, Healthcare Services, Financial Services and IT, Leisure & Automotive. Asiri Hospital chain is the country’s leading private healthcare provider which has achieved technological milestones in medical innovation in Sri Lanka’s private healthcare services. Softlogic Capital PLC, Softlogic Life Insurance PLC, Softlogic Finance PLC, Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC, Asiri Surgical Hospital PLC, and Odel PLC are listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange where he serves as Chairman/Managing Director. Pathirage is also the Deputy Chairman of National Development Bank PLC and the Chairman of NDB Capital Holdings Limited.

Mr. Ranjan Perera

Mr. Ranjan Perera is a co-founder of Softlogic and heads the Group’s Mobile Phone Business and is the Managing Director of Softlogic International (Pvt) Ltd which has a Business Partnership with Dialog Axiata PLC. He possesses extensive knowledge from his many years of experience in Senior Managerial positions handling world-renowned brands in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry.

Mr. Shanker Somasunderam

Mr. Somasunderam studied and qualified in the United Kingdom as a Chartered Management Accountant and became a Fellow Member of CIMA (U.K.). In 1994, he founded Lanka Bell Ltd and was an Executive Director and became the Deputy Chairman of Lanka Bell Ltd until he divested his shares in Lanka Bell in 2005. He acquired controlling interest of Browns Group of Companies in 2005 and was appointed to the Board of Browns Group of Companies as the Deputy Chairman and thereafter appointed as the Group Director from 1st July 2006. He divested his stake in Browns Group of Companies in December 2015.

Mr. Haresh Kaimal

Mr. Haresh Kaimal is a co-founder of the Softlogic Group and a Director since its inception. With over 3 decades of experience in IT and Operations, he heads the Group IT division which oversees the entire Group requirements in Information Technology covering all sectors. He is an Executive Director of Softlogic BPO Service (Pvt) Ltd, Director of Softlogic Holdings PLC, Softlogic Finance PLC, Softlogic Life Insurance PLC, Odel PLC, and many other group companies.

Mr. Naresh Abeysekera