Balancing a founder’s vision with the future
Jetwing Hotels’ net assets topped Rs30 billion following a growth spurt. It now expects recent changes to its organisation’s structure to maintain momentum
Should audit firms investing in tech orbit beyond finance?
There is debate on extending the role of the auditor beyond finance. Data technology can help auditors understand how companies treat their workers or impact the environment—but should they be expected to look?
Life is Simple on Water
Instead of the floating atolls of Kevin Costner’s magnum opus, ‘Water World’, here is an ancient civilization that has been living in stilt houses on the River Brunei, in Negara Brunei Darussalam on the verdant island of Borneo. How does it feel to live on water, day in and day out?
Time to focus?
Are local conglomerates suffering from too much diversification?
Harpo Gooneratne
‘People, food and music’ aptly describe the Founder and Chief Executive of Harpo’s Cafes & Restaurants
Richard Pieris’ stars, cash cows, question marks and dogs
First Capital Equities, a stockbroker, puts the listed group of companies through the Boston Consulting Group’s Growth-Share Matrix
Shouldn’t Victoria now stop ruling us?
Queen Victoria’s regime marked the birth of a brave new nation, but should that mean that she continue to dictate how we behave?
Is Commercial Credit for Real?
The microfinance lender’s off-the-charts success confounds critics
Meet the chief executive confronting banking’s toughest challenge
Consequences of NDB’s slow and incomplete transition to commercial banking have been painful so far. Its new chief executive Dimantha Seneviratne outlines how he plans to change the narrative
Lion Brewery after the flood
The maker of Lion Beer took nearly half a year to get its brewery back in full operation after floods destroyed machinery worth Rs2.9 billion
A legacy of his own
Jeevan Gnanam, a third generation scion of the construction materials empire St. Anthony’s Group, is determined to make his own mark. Will tech industry-focused real estate venture Orion City help him do that?