Prabhash Subasinghe appointed to Hemas board

Hemas Holdings PLC has announced the appointment of Prabhash Subasinghe to its director board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from January 1, 2022.
Subasinghe is a renowned entrepreneur in Sri Lanka. He is best known for his rapid success in starting companies that have built a global presence. 
Subasinghe studied Applied Economics and Business at the Ivy League Cornell University and higher studies at the Harvard Business School. 
He has diverse business interests in specialty tyres, seafood, insurance, banking, luxury real estate and has become a true Asian success story. 

Subasinghe 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 tyres, 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 specialising in fresh, frozen, and raw seafood. 
GRI operates as one of the largest and most advanced specialty tyre 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. 
Subasinghe 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.  Subasinghe 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 .  Subasinghe is the immediate past Chairman of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB).  The Global Group of companies that Subasinghe leads has ten offices around the world and has 1200 employees covering sixteen nationalities.  Subasinghe is passionate on building a truly Sri Lankan, diversified business group and take Sri Lanka to the world. He envisions being a catalyst for the next generation of corporate growth in Sri Lanka.