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Hemas Holdings

Public limited conglomerate in Sri Lanka

Hemas Holdings PLC is a diversified Sri Lankan corporation with a focused interest in consumer, healthcare, and mobility. Hemas is a publicly listed company with 5,380 employees. Hemas has also expanded operations to Bangladesh.2 It is headquartered in Colombo.1 Its shares trade on Colombo Stock Exchange under the symbol HHL-N0000.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1948Founded1
  • TickerHHL-N0000 on Colombo Stock Exchange1
  • HeadquartersColombo1
  • Websitewww.hemas.com
  • Legal formPublic Listed Compay3
  • LEI254900TV1ZINS66XKY233
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address" Hemas House", 00200 Colombo 02, Sri Lanka3
  • Registered withDepartment of Registrar of Companies, PQ63

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Hemas Holdings PLC is a diversified Sri Lankan corporation with a focused interest in consumer, healthcare, and mobility. Hemas is a publicly listed company with 5,380 employees. Hemas has also expanded operations to Bangladesh.2

Corporate structure

Hemas Holdings sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Hemas Holdings Colombo 02, Sri Lanka
    • ATLAS AXILLIA COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED Subsidiary · Peliyagoda, Sri Lanka
    • Heladhanavi Limited Subsidiary · Sri Lanka
    • Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt) Limited Subsidiary · Colombo, Sri Lanka

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Hemas Drugs (Ltd) was founded in 1948 by Sheikh Esufally for pharmaceuticals and chemicals and the compay would become a divserified group as it ventured into the manufacture of toiletries in the 1960s and then into travel and tourism in 1970. By 2003 healthcare sector was the largest component, but it had also expanded into consumer, transportation, leisure, apparel and development sectors. Hemas Holdings made its Initial Public Offering in 2003, listing 15 percent of the company to the public.

Hemas is a publicly quoted company listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange with over 4,000 shareholders.

On 25 June 2020, Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson was appointed as the CEO of Hemas Holdings and will replace Steven Enderby as the CEO with effect from 1 October 2020 as a part of the company's succession plan. Kasturi also became the first female group CEO of a public quoted conglomerate in Sri Lanka. She was also appointed as the deputy CEO of Hemas Holdings and will resume her duties as the deputy CEO with effect from 1 July 2020.

On 15 December 2020, Hemas announced they will sell Serendib Hotels to LOLC Group for LKR792 million.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hemas Holdings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Heladhanavi Limited

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1948Founded Founded1

Sources

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