Two British experts join the board of Lanka Realty Investments

Lanka Realty Investments PLC has appointed two senior British experts to its board as Independent Non-Executive Directors, with the aim of strengthening its future growth.

The appointees are Mark Prothero, a senior banker at HSBC, and Piers Charles Kirshaw Rooke, a leading property investment expert in Britain. Prothero served the HSBC group as an international manager for 31 years; from September 2016 to September 2021 he was chief executive officer of HSBC Sri Lanka and the Maldives. He has also served as chairman of Sri Lanka's British Business Guild.

Rooke is an investor with more than 25 years of experience in commercial and residential property in Britain and Europe. He is chief executive officer of Castlecap Investments Management and has been directly involved in property transactions worth more than 1.2 billion pounds during his career.

Meanwhile, Sarravanan Neelakandan and Mohamed Firdouse Farook, who have completed nine years of service, will become non-independent executive directors, the company announced. With the new appointments, the board has eight members.