Roshanie Moraes joins Kelsey Homes board

Veteran corporate leader Roshanie Jayasundera Moraes joined the board of directors of Kelsey Developments PLC, a member of the Janashakthi group, as an Independent Non-Executive Director, with effect from January 10, 2022.

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK, Moraes holds a Master of Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura. 
She brings with her close to four decades of experience in the corporate sector. She has held leadership positions in some of the country’s leading enterprises in the travel and tourism, airline representation, loyalty, quick service restaurants, retail and property development sectors.

Having worked at Browns Tours and Aitken Spence for a brief period, Moraes joined Sri Lanka’s premier blue-chip company John Keells Holdings in 1991. She served in three of the group’s key sectors – transportation, retail and property development and went on to hold the position of Executive Vice President of John Keells Holdings until her retirement in December 2021.

Commenting on Roshanie’s appointment, Kelsey Developments PLC Chairman Eardley Perera said, “I am delighted to welcome Roshanie J. Moraes to Kelsey Developments PLC’s board of directors. She joins us at a time when we are gearing up to build on our consistently strong performance and drive exponential growth. Given her domain expertise as well as extensive experience in a diverse set of sectors, I look forward to seeing her offer wise counsel to the team and accelerate our progress towards our goals.”

“I am indeed honoured to be invited to join the board of Kelsey, a company I have watched over the years and a company that’s making great strides in the industry. I look forward to working with the highly talented team in the company and the senior professionals on the board,” said Moraes.

The appointment is part of Kelsey Developments’ strategic efforts to strengthen its board of directors with a diverse mix of business captains from a wide range of sectors. With this, the board of directors of Kelsey Developments PLC now comprises of Eardley Perera – Chairman, Prakash Schaffter, Prof. Chitra Weddikkara, Roshni Fernando, Roshanie J. Moraes, ACM Gagan Bulathsinghala and Arul Sivagananathan. Their wealth of experience from across a variety of industries together with the strong fundamentals of the parent company, the Janashakthi group, offers Kelsey Developments a solid foundation to springboard off to greater heights.