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We are Hemas
We empower families to aspire for more by pioneering solutions that help them live a better tomorrow through a portfolio of world-class product and services in the consumer brands, healthcare, and mobility sectors
Hemas at a
Glance.
Established in 1948, Hemas started with a simple intent: to help families live healthfully. This core belief has informed our growth for over 70 years. Today, as a leading public quoted company with over 4,500 employees, we bring healthful living to life through a portfolio of world-class products and services in the Consumer, Healthcare and Mobility sectors.
Woven into the socioeconomic fabric of Sri Lanka, Hemas has also expanded regionally with operations in Bangladesh and West Bengal. In our onward journey, we will continue to invest in diverse and passionate teams, create meaningful offerings, cultivate trusted partnerships, and champion a more inclusive world, so that we continue to create positive impact for all our stakeholders.
Our Purpose
Empowering Families to Live a Better Tomorrow
Our Vision
To be the best at Enriching Lives
Our Values
It is our values that hold us together in meeting success, in providing our customers with quality products and services that they deserve
- Passion for customer
- Obsession for performance
- Driven by innovation
- Concern for people
History & Milestones
We were born in the year of Ceylon’s independence, December 10th 1948.
Our founder, Sheikh Hassanally Esufally, a gentleman of high ethical principles established Hemas on a bedrock of solid business values. These principles of integrity, fair play, perseverance and professionalism became an important part of our business style that helped to build our reputation and direct our progress.
The original business, Hemas (Drugs) Limited, was set up as a wholesale and retail Chemist & Druggist in Dam Street, the heart of the wholesale trading center of Colombo. By 1951, this was expanded to include "Science House" which was dealing with laboratory supplies and equipment. To house the growing business our founder developed the 'Hemas Building' in Bristol Street in Colombo Fort. This six storied building housed the 'Hemas Group' and became a city landmark.
Seeking to maintain the entrepreneurial thrust of our founder, we moved into our various diversifications activities, starting with manufacturing of toiletries in 1962 in collaboration with a French multinational. In the Seventies we moved into the blossoming travel and tourism sector and over the years established ourselves in a leading position. In 1993 we restructured and renamed the original business as 'Hemas Holdings (pte) Limited' to be our driving force into the 21st century and in 2003 we became a public quoted company listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Whilst we have changed dramatically in profile, our basic premise in doing business remains steadfast to our founders vision. Any Hemas business must first be governed by our unwavering commitment to high business ethics and customer satisfaction.
Board of Directors
Husein Esufally
Chairman
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr. Anura Ekanayake
Deputy Chairman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Kasturi C. Wilson
Group Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director
Abbas Esufally
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Imtiaz Esufally
Non-Independent Non- Executive Director
Murtaza Esufally
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Saktha Amaratunga
Independent Non-Executive Director
Jyotindra Trivedi
Independent Non-Executive Director
Prabhash Subasinghe
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ranil Pathirana
Independent Non-Executive Director
Board of Management
Kasturi C. Wilson
Group CEO
Dinesh Athapaththu
Managing Director
Morison Limited
Jude Fernando
Managing Director
Hemas Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd
Lakith Peiris
Managing Director
Hemas Hospitals (Pvt) Ltd
Asitha Samaraweera
Managing Director
Atlas Axillia Company (Pvt) Ltd
Sabrina Esufally
Managing Director
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt) Ltd
Mushin Kitchilan
Director
Mobility Sector
Moiz Rehmanjee
Group Chief Financial Officer
Ravi Jayasekera
Chief People Officer
Rizny Faisal
Director/Head of Group M&A and Strategy
Husein Esufally
Chairman
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Husein Esufally started his career with the Group's FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) business, where he steered the Company for a period of 19 years, during which, the business established a strong consumer franchise. Thereafter, he served for 13 years as the Chief Executive Officer of the Hemas Group until he relinquished his position in March 2014. Presently, he serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of Hemas Holdings PLC, whilst also chairing the Boards of its FMCG and pharmaceutical manufacturing subsidiaries. Mr. Esufally is presently the Non-Executive Chairman of Janashakthi Insurance PLC. He also serves on the Boards of several other companies and is involved in several social projects. Mr. Esufally holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Electronics from the University of Sussex, UK having received his primary education at St. Thomas College, Mt Lavinia.
Dr. Anura Ekanayake
Deputy Chairman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr. Anura Ekanayake is a former Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the Industrial Association of Sri Lanka and The International Natural Rubber Council. He has had an illustrious career in public service serving as a Senior Economist of the Mahaweli Authority, Director on the Boards of the State Plantations Corporation and JEDB, Director of Planning to the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Director General of the Ministry of Public Administration. Dr. Ekanayake held directorships in all 23 regional plantations companies and also served on the Tea Research Board, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture and Plantation Housing and Social Welfare Development Trust. He Left his two decade Long public service and joined Unilever Sri Lanka and served as Director - Human Resources and Corporate Relations for 8 years. He serves at present on a number of boards of listed companies and non-Listed companies. Dr. Ekanayake, holds a B.A. (Horns) and MSc (Agriculture) from the University of Peradeniya and a Ph.D in Economics from the Australian National University. He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Professional Managers. Dr. Ekanayake is a firm advocate of developing human capital and people transformation.
Kasturi C. Wilson
Group Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director
Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson joined Hemas Holdings PLC in 2002, where she held many senior management positions, including Chief Process Officer and Managing Director of the Hemas Transportation Sector. In 2016, Kasturi took over as Managing Director of Hemas Pharmaceuticals, Surgicals and Diagnostics, where she was responsible for driving the company’s local and regional expansion. She also functioned as the Managing Director of Hemas Mobility Sector prior to being appointed as Deputy Group CEO in July 2020.
She was appointed as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Hemas Holdings PLC on the 1st of October 2020. Kasturi is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and is an alumni of the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School. She serves on the Board of Capital Alliance Limited as a Non-Executive Director, along with several other Hemas subsidiaries in the healthcare and consumer industries. Kasturi is an active member of several industry associations, and is currently the first female President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry, and serves on the main committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. She was recognised as one of the twelve Top Women Change-Makers in the country in 2019, by the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Kasturi also represented Sri Lanka as a member of the National Netball and Basketball Teams.
Abbas Esufally
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
With over 40 years’ experience in the tourism industry, Mr. Abbas Esufally has played a pivotal role in expanding the Group’s Leisure interest. He serves as a Group Director of Hemas Holdings PLC and Chairman of Diethelm Travel Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. He has played an active part in the growth and development of the country’s tourism industry.
He also serves on several other listed and unlisted company boards. Mr. Esufally also acts as the Deputy Chairperson for AYATI Trust, Sri lanka, a Center of Excellence for children with disabilities. Mr. Esufally is a Fellow Member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is an all Island Justice of Peace and serves as the Honorary Consul of Bhutan in Sri Lanka.
Imtiaz Esufally
Non-Independent Non- Executive Director
Mr. Imtiaz Esufally serves as the Chairman of the Transportation Sector of the Group and serves as a Member of the Hemas Audit Committee. He served as the Chairman of Hemas Power PLC until its disposal in 2014. Mr. Esufally holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Accounting and Economics from the University of Kent, UK. He counts over 25 years of management experience and has been in the forefront of the Transportation industry in Sri Lanka.
Murtaza Esufally
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Murtaza Esufally counts more than 25 years of experience in senior management levels. He is the Chairman of Hemas Hospitals (Pvt) Ltd and Hemas Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd, and is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Centre for Poverty Analysis. He holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Melbourne Business School of the University of Melbourne, He is a Barrister of the Lincoln's Inn and holds a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Essex, UK. Mr. Esufally is an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
Saktha Amaratunga
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Saktha Amaratunga joined the Board in January 2016. Mr. Amaratunga is currently a Commissioner of PT Agro Indomas Indonesia and is also a Member of the Upstream and Downstream Audit Sub Committee of Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd a subsidiary of the Carson Cumberbatch Group. He was previously Regional Audit Controller (Asia Pacific) for British American Tobacco. He has more than 20 years' experience with British American Tobacco. having performed senior finance roles for the Group in Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. and also being the Finance Director of British American Tobacco operations in the Czech Republic, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Japan and Malaysia (IT Shared Services Organisation). He has many years of experience in Strategy Development, Business Restructuring, Risk and Governance, International Finance and People Development. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and also a Member of CPA Australia.
Jyotindra Trivedi
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Jyotindra Trivedi has more than 35 years of experience in Indian financial services industry and more than 25 years with Indian Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry. Mr Trivedi joined CDC, a UK based development finance institution, in 1997 to set up its Mumbai office. He was one the founding partners when Actis LLP was spun out of CDC in 2004. He took over Leadership of Actis South Asia in 2007. Mr Trivedi retired from Actis in 2017. By 2017. Actis had raised more than US$12bn since it was formed in 2004. As a member of global. investment committee of Actis Mr Trivedi had an overview of the investment activity of Actis across its key markets such as China, South Asia, Africa and Latin America and its key sectors such as Consumer, Healthcare, FinanciaL Services and Industrial. Mr Trivedi has been involved in numerous investments of Actis in India, most notabLy India Infoline(IIFL), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, UTI Bank(now Axis Bank), Sterling Hospitals, Paras Pharmaceuticals and Avtec many of which have grown into Large businesses with leadership position in their respective sectors. Prior to Joining CDC, Mr Trivedi was senior vice president of GVFL, one of the first VC funds India. Mr Trivedi was part of the founding team of GVFL when it was set up in 1990 and was involved with its first three funds which focused on technology based start-up and early stage companies. Prior to joining GVFL he worked with GIIC, a development bank and AtuL Products, a dyes and intermediates conglomerate. Mr Trivedi graduated as a chemical engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and holds a Diploma in Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. Mr Trivedi currently serves on the board of Ostro Energy Private Limited which is an Actis owned company and is building a clean energy platform with Wind and Solar assets of more than 1000mw capacity in India.
Prabhash Subasinghe
Independent Non-Executive Director
Prabhash Subasinghe is renown entrepreneur in Sri Lanka. He is best known for his rapid success in starting companies that have built a global presence. He is driven by his vision to build multinational companies out of Sri Lanka., Prabhash studied Applied Economics and Business at the prestigious Ivy League Cornell University and higher studies at the Harvard Business School. He has diverse business interests in specialty tires, seafood, insurance, banking, luxury real estate and has become a true Asian success story.
Prabhash is a proven leader with a steadfast passion to build great companies. He is the founder of GRI (Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd.) a manufacturer of high-performance specialty tires, which sells its products across the world, and of GSF (Global Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd.) a processor and supplier of high-quality seafood to Europe, US and Japan specializing in fresh, frozen, and raw seafood. GRI operates one of the largest and most advanced specialty tire production plants in Sri Lanka while GSF pioneered the processing of wakame, and sushi topping for the Japanese market and owns the largest industrial long-line fishing fleet in South Asia. Prabhash founded Ayenka Holdings, an Investment Company that has a large and diverse portfolio of investments in the Colombo Stock Exchange and a luxury real estate project in the Maldives. Prabhash is the principal shareholder of Ceylinco Insurance PLC, the largest listed insurer in Sri Lanka. He has investments in Sanasa Development Bank (SDB) and is a prominent shareholder of Sampath Bank, one of the largest private banks in Sri Lanka. Prabhash is the immediate past Chairman of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB).
The Global Group of companies that Prabhash leads has ten offices around the world and has 1200 employees covering sixteen nationalities. Prabhash is passionate about building a truly Sri Lanka, diversified business group and taking Sri Lanka to the world. He envisions being a catalyst for the next generation of corporate growth in Sri Lanka.
Ranil Pathirana
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ranil Pathirana has extensive experience in finance and management in financial, apparel and energy sectors.
He serves as a Director of the Hirdaramani Group which includes Apparel, Leisure & Investment Holding Companies. He is also the Managing Director for Hirdaramani International Exports (Pvt) Ltd. The Hirdaramani Group has apparel manufacturing facilities across Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Ethiopia.
He also serves on the Boards of several listed entities.
Mr. Ranil Pathirana is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA - UK) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Kasturi C. Wilson
Group CEO
Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson joined Hemas Holdings PLC in 2002, where she held many senior management positions, including Chief Process Officer and Managing Director of the Hemas Transportation Sector. In 2016, Kasturi took over as Managing Director of Hemas Pharmaceuticals, Surgicals and Diagnostics, where she was responsible for driving the company’s local and regional expansion. She also functioned as the Managing Director of Hemas Mobility Sector prior to being appointed as Deputy Group CEO in July 2020.
She was appointed as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Hemas Holdings PLC on the 1st of October 2020. Kasturi is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and is an alumni of the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School. She serves on the Board of Capital Alliance Limited as a Non-Executive Director, along with several other Hemas subsidiaries in the healthcare and consumer industries. Kasturi is an active member of several industry associations, and is currently the first female President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry, and serves on the main committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. She was recognised as one of the twelve Top Women Change-Makers in the country in 2019, by the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Kasturi also represented Sri Lanka as a member of the National Netball and Basketball Teams.
Dinesh Athapaththu
Managing Director
Morison Limited
Dinesh Athapaththu is the Managing Director of Morison Limited. He is an Fellow member of Charted Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and has Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kelaniya. He also completed his MBA from the same university. Dinesh joined with Morison Limited in 2016 as Director Finance and Commercial and appointed as the Chief Operating Officer in 2019. Dinesh Started his career at Brandix as a cost executive and progressed up to be the Finance Controller at Brandix Textile Ltd. He held positions of Financial controller and regional financial controller for Indonesian based plantations of Good Hope Asia Holdings from 2010 to 2016
Jude Fernando
Managing Director
Hemas Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd
Jude Fernando joined Hemas Pharmaceuticals in August 2020. Prior to re-joining Hemas he served as the Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Janashakthi Insurance PLC since 2014.He brings with him over 26 years of experience in senior positions across the fields of finance, supply chain management, sales and marketing, and international marketing, including the roles of Director/CEO of Janashakthi insurance PLC, Director/ CEO Kotmale Holdings PLC, and Executive Director – Sales & Distribution for Cargills Manufacturing Brands. He has served on the Boards of Dunamis Capital PLC, Kelsey Homes, and First Capital Holdings PLC. Jude held the position of Director Supply Chain of Hemas Manufacturing prior taking up the role of Director/ CEO post at Kotmale PLC in 2008. An Accountant by profession, Jude holds an MBA from the University of Wales and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), a Chartered Global Management Accountant (UK), a Fellow Member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (UK) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). He also completed the Executive Leadership Development program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Lakith Peiris
Managing Director
Hemas Hospitals (Pvt) Ltd
Lakith joined Hemas on 01st April 2015. He is a well-known leader in the Healthcare industry having been the CEO of one of the most successful city hospitals over the past 7 years. He has over 20 years' experience in top management at a host of healthcare related MNCs including BiBraun Asia Pacific, Lifesery and ConvaTec A Bristol Myers Squibb Company of USA amongst others. He holds a Doctorate in Business & Management, an MBA from University of Western Sydney, Australia, and is a Certified Professional Marketer from the Asia Pacific Marketing Federation and holds a Postgraduate DipLoma in Marketing from the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing. Lakith has memberships in several professionaL Associations and Federations. He is a Member of the Private Health Services Regulatory Council of the Ministry of Health and also serves the Regulatory CounciL in various sub-committees.
Asitha Samaraweera
Managing Director
Atlas Axillia Company (Pvt) Ltd
Asitha Samaraweera currently is the Managing Director of Atlas Axillia Co Ltd., a Hemas Holdings group company. Atlas Axillia Co Ltd is one of Sri Lanka’s most respected local brands and is a market leader in school stationery and notebooks, pens, pencils and colour products, with products retailed in over 70,000 outlets across Sri Lanka.
Before his current role he counts over 12 years’ experience in leading FMCG businesses both in Sri Lanka and overseas. Asitha was the CEO of CBL Cocos (Pvt) Ltd., and CBL Global Foods, both subsidiaries of Ceylon Biscuits Limited before joining Atlas Axilla. The company was a leading player in the coconut products industry with a substantial export interest.
Prior to his role at CBL, Asitha headed IFFCO (Frozen Foods) and GFI – leading Dubai-based FMCG companies for six years. The two companies are leading processed meat and frozen bakery product manufactures in the Middle East.
Prior to his stint in the middle east he served as CEO of Keells Food Products and Vice President at John Keells Holdings PLC. Keells food Products PLC is the leading processed food manufacturer and marketer in Sri Lanka.
Asitha began his career with Nestle joining as a management training and rising in the ranks in the marketing arena. In his career in marketing he was involved in many successful campaigns which included the Nestomalt’s defeat of Powermalt which is now a well know case study.
He has a background in Marketing with an MSc in International Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics one of the leading universities in the world. He also has a BSc in Business Administration, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA. His Schooling was at St Thomas College, Mount Lavinia.
Sabrina Esufally
Managing Director
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt) Ltd
Sabrina Esufally is the Managing Director of Hemas Consumer Brands. She leads cross functional teams in sales, marketing, innovation and supply chain to drive growth and market share in the company’s home and personal care business. Sabrina joined the Hemas group in 2019, where she headed Business Development at Morison PLC, the group’s pharmaceutical and OTC manufacturing vertical. She then transitioned to Hemas Consumer Brands in 2020, where she drove portfolio growth and brand development in emerging categories in beauty and wellness.
Sabrina is passionate about creating brands that innovate and advocate for a more equitable society. During her time at Hemas Consumer Brands, Sabrina has led initiatives to enable the above through product solutions and cause-based marketing in feminine hygiene, inclusive beauty and parenting.
Sabrina is an Attorney of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and holds a First Class Honours from the University of Durham, UK. She also holds a LLM from Harvard Law School. Sabrina is currently enrolled in the Owner President Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Mushin Kitchilan
Director
Mobility Sector
Mushin Kitchilan leads the Mobility Sector of Hemas Holdings, and was appointed the Director of the sector in January 2022. Having started his career in 2007 when he joined Hemas as a trainee finance executive, he rose through the ranks of the group, holding several leadership roles in finance, including serving the Mobility Sector as Finance Controller. In 2017, he was assigned to head the Evergreen Line agency operations, which kickstarted his career in commercial operations. Having spearheaded many logistics and maritime initiatives for the sector, he was appointed the Director of the Mobility sector in 2022.
In addition to his career at Hemas, he is actively engaged in shaping Sri Lanka’s logistics and maritime industry, and has been serving as an Executive Committee Member of the Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents since 2020/2021. He is also a member of the sector committee on Transport and Logistics of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce since 2021.
Mushin holds an MBA from the University of Wales, and is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).
Moiz Rehmanjee
Group Chief Financial Officer
Moiz Rehmanjee has over twenty years of experience, with successful tenures in a diverse range of industries and multinational corporations. Throughout his career, he has worked with multiple cross-border teams and held leadership roles in both Sri Lanka and overseas, including in Forbes-listed companies.
Recognizing the strategic role of finance in partnering with the business, Moiz has led and partnered with teams in various areas, such as long-term business strategy formulation, new business development, supply chain and working capital management, brand development, production improvements, and IT projects.
In the field of finance, Moiz has nearly ten years of experience in SAP cum Shared Services environments. He has handled a wide range of responsibilities, including corporate finance, supply chain, investor relations, tax planning, treasury, annual strategic planning, group consolidation and statutory reporting, annual report development, IFRS and compliance, external/internal audits, risk management and insurance, as well as fraud investigations.
Ravi Jayasekera
Chief People Officer
Ravi is the Group Chief People Officer and counts over 20 years of leadership experience in Human Resources. Prior to joining Hemas, Ravi was the Vice President HR at Union Bank of Colombo. His previous experience in HR includes successful stints as Head of HR for HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives, Head of HR for HSBC Australia, Head of HR for HSBC Mauritius and Senior Manager HR for Group Retail Banking based in Hong Kong.
Prior to joining HSBC, Ravi worked at Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank in several HR roles which included HR Operations, Employee Relations, Industrial Relations and Compensation and Benefits. Ravi started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank and worked in Information Technology and Credit Cards businesses prior to moving to a career in Human Resources.
Ravi holds a MBA from the University of Western Sydney, Australia and currently serves as a Vice President of the Association of HR Professionals of Sri Lanka.
Rizny Faisal
Director/Head of Group M&A and Strategy
Rizny Faisal leads Strategy and Mergers and Acquisition for Hemas Holdings. Prior to his role in Hemas, Rizny headed the Equity Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions team at CAL. a leading Investment Bank in Sri Lanka, where he has been at the forefront of concluding several landmark ECM and M&A transactions across buy-side, sell-side and cross border transactions in healthcare, consumer staples, consumer discretionary, utilities , information technology, materials and industrials.
He was also an integral part of the Mergers and Acquisitions team at PwC Sri Lanka for five years where he managed several transactions for local and foreign clients in the capacity of buy-side advisor, sell-side advisor and financial due diligence advisor across multiple verticals including financial services, consumer staples, consumer discretionary, utilities, communication services and industrials.
Prior to his stint at PwC Sri Lanka, he was attached to Amba Research (Subsidiary of Moody’s Analytics), where he assisted a global asset manager with his research on companies across sectors predominantly in North America, Europe and South-East Asia. Rizny Faisal started his career as an auditor for KPMG Sri Lanka, where he assisted with audits for companies in Financial Services, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary.
Rizny Faisal is a CFA charter holder (USA) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). His schooling was at St. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia.