About Us

The success behind Ceylinco lies firmly intertwined in the beliefs and aspirations of two entrepreneurs – a pioneering father and his dynamic son. Ceylinco Consolidated stepped forth on its dynamic voyage as the Ceylon Insurance Company Limited, and was set up in 1939, by the father of the current Chairman of the Ceylinco Group; Deshamanya Lalith Kotelawala. Senator Justin Kotelawala paved the way for an ongoing and still-growing saga, by creating the first registered company in Sri Lanka. Ceylinco Consolidated; certainly, one Sri Lanka’s oldest conglomerates, has now become one of Sri Lanka’s largest as well.

The spirit of innovation, coupled with the yearning to grow bigger and better, has remained the hallmark of Ceylinco, which now includes over 200 subsidiaries and associate companies, covering diverse sectors such as Banking, Insurance and Financial Services, Real Estate, Diamonds, Jewellery, Tourism, Education, Health and IT.

Ceylinco Consolidated’s relentless forward march has seamlessly tied in with the nation’s needs and become a beacon of hope for Sri Lanka’s entrepreneurial spirit. The late Senator Justin Kotelawala’s legacy of thinking big lives on, even today, in every existing and new venture undertaken by Ceylinco Consolidated.