Our parent company

John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH)



JKH PLC is one of the premier conglomerates in Sri Lanka with diverse interests in transportation, leisure, property development, consumer foods and retail, financial services, and information technology (IT) businesses in Sri Lanka and internationally. The IT Group provides quality, world-class Information Communication Technology services from software services and business process outsourcing to office automation. In terms of market capitalization JKH PLC is the largest listed conglomerate in the Colombo Stock Exchange.

Not only is JKH the largest hotel operator with two city hotels in Colombo and eleven resort hotels in Sri Lanka and Maldives but also the largest privately owned transportation business and has an imprint in the Sri Lankan economy in sectors such as banking to real-estate, tea to stock broking, and manufacturing of food and beverages to super markets. JKH has partnerships with some of the world’s finest business establishments such as DHL, American Airlines, Toshiba, Thomas Cook and Kuoni.

The strength and resilience of JKH in the face of challenges faced over 139 years has enabled us to be known and highly regarded as a sustainable corporation, as one that creates profit for its shareholders while protecting the environment. JKH issued its first sustainability report in line with the Global Reporting Initiatives G3 Guidelines. The long history of good corporate citizenship has seen JKH involved in areas such as arts and culture, health, environment, education, community and livelihood development among others. Known as the preferred employer of choice JKH is an equal opportunity employer and is a signatory to the UN Global Compact.

JKH has let its presence be felt with most spheres of the economy of Sri Lanka.