SOFTLOGIC CAPITAL - Key Persons
Mr. Russell-Davison has over twenty years of international banking experience and was most recently the Global Head of Debt Capital Markets for Standard Chartered Bank, based in Singapore. Other senior positions in Origination, Syndicate, Trading, Sales, Portfolio Management and Brokerage were held in Hong Kong, Singapore, and London during his career. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Asian Politics and History) from the University of Western Australia.
Mr. Ajita Mahes Pasqual possesses 31 years of experience in the Banking Sector with 22 years in Senior Management positions with HSBC Bank in Corporate Banking, Trade Finance & Treasury. He held the position of Director/General Manager/CEO of Seylan Bank PLC from January 2004 to December 2012. Also, he held the position of Consultant of Nations Lanka Finance PLC. Currently, he serves as the Chairman of Adam Investment PLC, Adam Capital PLC, and Adam Carbons (Pvt) Ltd. He possesses a B.Sc in Business Administration & Economics from Manchester College, N Manchester, Indiana, USA.
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.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Director
- Executive Director
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. Iftikar Ahamed heads the Financial Services Sector of the Softlogic Group and is the Managing Director of Softlogic Capital PLC, which is the financial services holding company of the group that has interests in Insurance, Leasing, and Finance and Stockbroking. He is also the Managing Director of Softlogic Life Insurance PLC and Director of Softlogic Stockbrokers (Pvt) Ltd. He counts over 30 years of experience in a wide range of métiers within the financial services industry and has extensive Banking experience both in Sri Lanka and overseas, having held senior management positions as Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Nations Trust Bank PLC and Senior Associate Director at Deutsche Bank AG. He holds an MBA from the University of Wales, UK.
Mr. Lucille Wijewardena is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Post Graduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenapura. In his career spanning 35 years, he has held many Senior Management positions in areas of Finance and General Management. He served as the Managing Director of Hayleys Plantations, Talawakelle Plantations Ltd and Pussellawa Plantations Ltd. He also held the post of Chairman of Mahaweli Marine Cement Company Ltd and Group Chief Accountant of Carson Cumberbatch & Co. Ltd. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Chairman of Softlogic Stockbrokers (Pvt) Ltd. and Managing Director of Anuga Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. He also serves on the Press Complaint Commission of Sri Lanka as a member of the Dispute Resolution Committee.
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. 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.