Kishan Nanayakkara featured in  2024 APAC Leading Lights list

Founder, Managing Director of Resus Energy, Kishan Nanayakkara of Sri Lanka was recognized at the 7th annual Asia Pacific ‘50 Leading Lights: Kindness in Leadership campaign’  that was released on the recent World Kindness Day.

“As we celebrate the seventh year of our 50 Leading Lights: Kindness in Leadership campaign, it’s evident that kindness is much more than a feel-good gesture – it’s a strategic advantage. Both successful leaders and leading academics consistently affirm that kindness enhances wellbeing, fuels innovation, and drives productivity.

“It is, therefore, a great honour to announce the 2024 APAC Leading Lights list, in association with Asia Square. By leading with kindness, these remarkable men and women transform workplaces into thriving ecosystems where both people and businesses flourish. They are an inspiration to us all”, said Pinky Lilani, CBE DL, Founder, Kindness & Leadership: 50 Leading Lights.

Incorporated in 2003, Resus Energy is an award-winning company having won multiple awards across numerous spheres for its work and governance and was amongst the first bracket of Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) listed companies to adopt Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Resus Energy’s initial foray into the power sector was through a joint development of a 100MW thermal power plant. 

In 2007, Resus began developing its first renewable energy project and became a pureplay renewable energy company in 2015. An equal opportunity employer, Resus operates in a strong ‘Environmental, Social and Governance’ system, built around international best practices with ‘caring for people and the planet’ as its ethos, and has been listed on the CSE since 2009. 

Currently Resus operates 8 small hydropower and 2 ground mounted solar PV stations across five districts in Sri Lanka and dispatches over 70GWh annually to the national grid. Its third solar PV station is currently under construction.