Nathaniel Rothschild being briefed on Port City Colombo. Also in the picture are Niranjan Deva Aditya and corporate sector veteran Rajan Brito 

• Highly impressed by the project, particularly with regard to marina and hospitality plots
• Rothschild family’s investments include Port Montenegro, a luxury yacht and residential project in the Adriatic Sea
• Port City Colombo top officials express willingness to continue dialogue with him for possible future cooperation

World renowned financier and a member of Rothschild family, Nathaniel Rothschild who is in Sri Lanka for a brief business tour, paid a visit to Port City Colombo yesterday morning.

He was accompanied by prominent Sri Lankan-born British politician and former EU parliamentarian Niranjan Deva Aditya and corporate sector veteran Rajan Brito.

Rothschild’s delegation was welcomed by Raja Edirisuriya, the Executive Project Director of Port City Colombo and Yue Yeqing, Assistant Managing Director of CHEC Port City Colombo along with the other senior Port City officials.

The delegation was briefed on Port City Colombo project and its construction progress as well as future developments. Rosthschild was highly impressed by the project, particularly with regard to the marina and the hospitality plots.

Rothschild family is well known for their diversified businesses around the world including the famous Rothschild Bank and Port Montenegro, a luxury yacht and residential project in the Adriatic Sea.The visit concluded with Rothschild’s positive remarks on the project. The senior management of CHEC Port City Colombo, appreciated Rothschild’s visit and expressed willingness to continue dialogue with him for possible future cooperation. 

Eric Ou, Head of Commercial and Legal, Thulci Aluwihare, Head of Strategy & Business Development , Yamuna Jayaratne, Director Sales & Marketing and Radhika Ellepola, Sri Lanka Country Manager for Sales and Investor Relations of CHEC Port City Colombo, were also present during Rothschild’s visit. 

Late last year, the first investment agreement for Port City Colombo was signed between CHEC and Sri Lankan corporate giant LOLC through Browns Investment for the US$ 1 billion 
CIFC complex. 

During the first quarter of this year, it’s expected that the government will introduce the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) law to govern Port City Colombo, which will further enhance FDIs to Sri Lanka.