industry diversified headquarters colombo sri lanka key people nobuaki kondo chairman of the board hanif yusoof executive director and chief executive officer naosuke kawasaki non executive non independent director motonori matzusono non executive non independent director yoshifumi matsubara non executive non independent director osman kassim non executive director toji shiho non executive independent director sanjay kulatunga non executive independent director harsha amarasekera president s counsel non executive independent director number of employees 2965 website official website expolanka holdings is a leading diversified conglomerate in sri lanka with interests in transportation manufacturing international trading and strategic investments with an established presence in over 17 countries and 45 cities across the globe contents 1 history 2 new developments 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit expolanka limited was established in 1978 as the sri lankan economy was liberalized and is the flagship company of expolanka holdings initially a pioneer exporter of fresh produce expolanka has had sustained growth emerging as a strong group of companies the group has diversified into exports imports and trading freight forwarding & logistics manufacturing airline representation & operation travels & tours and information technology over the years . new developments edit having announced on april 26 2011 its intention to go public with an initial public offering after a successful private placement of its shares to broadbase ownership expolanka holdings went ahead with the ipo on 12 may 2011 floating 172 000 000 ordinary voting shares at lkr 14 per share . listed on the main board of the colombo stock exchange expolanka holdings plc ranks among the top 5 diversified conglomerates in the bourse with a market cap of rs . 27 billion as at july 26 2011 in may 2014 sg holdings japan s second largest logistics firm acquired a 30 % stake in expolanka holdings plc triggering mandatory offer requirements set by sri lanka s securities and exchange commission . 1 in june 2014 sg holdings confirmed that it has secured controlling interest in expolanka with the acquisition of over 51 % of total shares . 2 see also edit exporail references edit japan sagawa s deal with expolanka boosts lanka s hub aspirations . the financial times . colombo sri lanka . 12 may 2014 . retrieved 16 june 2014 . results of the takeover bid of expolanka holdings plc . 19 june 2014 . retrieved 3 july 2014 . official website news article on expolanka 1 http www.uncoversrilanka.com external links edit official website daily mirror news on expolanka daily mirror news on expolanka expolanka teas in maldives expolanka teas raises rs . 6 m at charity tea auction for cancer patients retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title expolanka & oldid 734706583 categories conglomerate companies of sri lankapublicly traded companies of sri lankahidden categories use dmy dates from may 2015pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 04 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view