Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson

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Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson
Born7 January 1969
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Education Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Alumni of the Executive Leadership Programme Harvard Business School
Alma mater Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya
Occupation Managing Director Non-Executive Director
Organization Hemas Holdings PLC
Known forFirst female Group CEO of a public quoted Conglomerate. First female President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (SLCPI). Captain of the National Basketball Team in 1989.
SpouseDivorced
AwardsRecognized as being one of the twelve Top Women Change-Makers in the country by the Parliament of Sri Lanka and USAID. Recipient of the Career Role Model Award in 2013 by Women in Management, Sri Lanka and the IFS; a World Bank Group. In 2016, awarded the Women Super Achiever Award at the World Women Leadership Congress Awards, India.

Kasturi Angela Chellaraja Wilson is the Chief Operating Officer (Head of APAC) of 5hour International Corporation and a Non-Executive Director of Hemas Holdings PLC, NDB Bank PLC and Board Member of Ceylon Chambers of Commerce.

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She was previously the Group CEO of Hemas Holdings and was the first female Group CEO [1] of a public quoted conglomerate in Sri Lanka. [2]

Kasturi is a single mother of two boys; Ashvindh and Amrith Wilson [3] and she has also Captained the National Basketball Team in 1989. [4] [5] [6] [ failed verification ]

Career

Kasturi Chellaraja
Personal information
Born (1969-01-07) 7 January 1969 (age 55)
University Institute of Management
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, GD
YearsNational team(s)Caps
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 70
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Asian Netball Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Kuala Lumpur Netball
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 New Delhi Netball
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Hong Kong Netball
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Singapore Netball
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Colombo Netball

Kasturi is a former student of Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya. [2] She is also an avid sportswoman and was an active member of the National Netball and Basketball Teams. [4] [5] [6] A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and an alumna of the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, [7] [8] Kasturi started her career at Someswaran Jayewickreme & Co. [3] (currently, Deloitte) in 1988 as an Audit Trainee. She also served as an Audit Manager and as Director of Consultancy prior to being appointed as Financial Controller at Aramex Airborne Lanka. [3] For a brief period, she also served as Financial Controller at Confifi Hotels. She joined Hemas Holdings PLC in March 2002 [9] as Director Finance at HemTours and continued to hold many senior management positions, including Chief Processing Officer and Managing Director of the Hemas Transportation Sector. Her portfolio also included Hemas Aviation, Hemas Logistics and Hemas Maritime Services. In 2016, she was appointed as the Managing Director of Hemas Pharmaceuticals, Hemas Surgicals and Hemas Diagnostics [10] and in 2020 she became the Group CEO of Hemas Holdings PLC and became the first female Group CEO [1] of a public quoted conglomerate in Sri Lanka. [2]

She serves on the board of National Development Bank PLC as a Non-Executive director, along with several other Hemas subsidiaries in the healthcare, consumer and mobility sectors. Kasturi also serves on the board of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. She was appointed as the Regional Champion for the World Bank for South Asia in April 2022 and UNICEF Sri Lanka Business Council (Child Rights and Business Principles) [11] in  April 2023.

She is also the immediate Past President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry and was the first female to be elected as President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (SLCPI). [12] She has served as a Non-Executive Director of Capital Alliance Holdings Limited till end of April 2023, and was a council member of the National Sports Council of Sri Lanka till March 2022. She has also served on boards of SLID ( Sri Lanka Institute of Directors ), CIMA Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka and the American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka. [13] and Lankan Angels Network (LAN) – a leading start up eco system in Sri Lanka.

Awards

In 2019, Kasturi was recognised as being one of the twelve Top Women Change-Makers in the country by the Parliament of Sri Lanka and USAID. [14] [15] [16] [17] Kasturi was also the recipient of the Career Role Model Award in 2013 [18] by Women in Management, [19] Sri Lanka and the IFC; a World Bank Group. In 2016, she also won the Women Super Achiever Award at the World Women Leadership Congress Awards, India. [20] She was also recognized as one of the ten ‘Wise Women’ impactful leaders of Sri Lanka by the Ministry of Skills and Vocational Education in 2022 and was named as the ‘Business Leader of the Year’ at the SAP Dare to Dream Awards in 2023. [21]

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