Mr. Shanker Somasunderam
Chairman & Managing Director, Bricks Developers (Pvt) Ltd.
Shanker studied and qualified in the United Kingdom as a Chartered Management Accountant and became a Fellow Member of the CIMA (U.K.). Shanker belongs to the third generation of his family business which he joined in 1979. In 1994 Shanker established a company in the United Kingdom together with his British Partners for the purpose of acquiring a wireless local loop licence to provide telecommunication services in Sri Lanka and to seek funding for the same. In 1994, he founded Lanka Bell Ltd. and was successful in obtaining the licence. He provided his expertise as an Executive Director and thereafter was promoted to Deputy Chairman of Lanka Bell Ltd., until he divested his shares in 2005 together with his foreign partners.
Shanker acquired ‘controlling interest’ of Browns Group of Companies together with his partners in year 2005 and was appointed to the board of Browns Group of Companies as Deputy Chairman and thereafter was appointed as the Group Director from 1 st July 2006. He divested his interest in Browns Group of Companies in December 2015. He is a keen investor in the Sri Lankan Stock Market with a strong portfolio comprising all blue-chip companies.
He is a Non-Executive Director of Softlogic Capital PLC since 2017 and serves in the audit committee of Softlogic.
He is the Managing Director and Chairman of Bricks Developers (Pvt) Ltd., which is a Property Development Company engaged in the business of developing apartments and commercial buildings. Shanker has partnered with a leading Chinese real estate entity called Zhongtian Dinghui Investment Company to make a notable change in Sri Lanka’s real estate industry.
Mr. Shan Zhongwei
Director, Zhongtian Dinghui Investment Company
Zhongtian Dinghui Investment Company Limited, a Company incorporated in Hong Kong is represented in Sri Lanka as Zhong Tian Ding Hui (Pvt) Ltd., a limited liability Company incorporated in Sri Lanka. Since they have extensive experience in the field of real estate development and construction in China they stepped in to the paradise island to expand their real estate footprint globally. Within a short span of just 4 years, Zhongtian Dinghui Investment Company Limited has invested in several projects and businesses, including real estate development, construction, tea plantations and hotel development. In this fast paced development drive, the Company has created substantial job opportunities for Sri Lankans. Their HR policy is a friendly one, as they prefer to employ capable local people for Sri Lankan projects.