Ashok Pathirage

Mr. Ashok Pathirage, recognized as a visionary leader of Sri Lanka’s corporate world, is the founding member of Softlogic Group, one of Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerates. He manages over 50 companies with a pragmatic vision providing employment to more than 10,000 employees. Mr.Pathirage gives strategic direction to the Group which has a leading market presence in four vertical sectors – Retail & Telecommunications, Healthcare Services, Financial Services and IT, Leisure & Automotive. The Asiri Hospital chain is the country’s leading private healthcare provider which has achieved technological milestones in medical innovation in Sri Lanka’s private healthcare. He is the Chairman / Managing Director of Softlogic Holdings PLC, Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC, Asiri Surgical Hospital PLC and Odel PLC. He also serves as the Chairman of Softlogic Capital PLC and Softlogic Finance PLC in addition to the other companies of the Group. He is also the Deputy Chairman of National Development Bank PLC and the Chairman of NDB Capital Holdings Limited.