Monday Nov 09, 2026
Monday Nov 09, 2026
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Lanka Realty Investments PLC (LRI) has announced the appointment of two top British personalities to its Board as Independent Non-Executive Directors in a move to bolster the company’s future growth trajectory.
The two members are veteran banker of HSBC-fame Mark Prothero and top UK real estate specialist Piers Charles Kirshaw Rooke.
Prothero is an accomplished and experienced banking executive covering enterprise-wide risk management, internal audit, and business management.
He has held senior leadership positions across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas in a distinguished 31-year career with the HSBC Group as an International Manager. During the period September 2016 to September 2021, he was the CEO of HSBC Sri Lanka and the Maldives. He also served as a Non-Executive Director of HSBC Mauritius and the President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka.
Prothero has chaired Risk and Audit Committees within the HSBC Group both in an Executive and Non-Executive capacity. In addition to his many years of diverse banking experience, he is also a certified anti-money laundering specialist.
Rooke is a UK property investor, developer, and asset manager with over 25 years’ experience as a principal in the commercial and residential real estate sectors in the UK and Europe.
He is CEO of Castlecap Investments Management Ltd., a privately owned prosperity group that invests in, develops, and manages office, retail, industrial, leisure, student, and residential property across the UK. During his career, he has been directly involved in over £ 1.2 billion of property transactions. He has founded and led four property businesses as a Founding Shareholder – Waterbridge Investment Partners, Seastar Developments, Ebberly Investments, and Castlecap Investments – investing on behalf of institutional and private investors, and building a privately owned UK-focussed real estate investment and development business.
Rooke’s experience spans the full investment cycle; acquisition, structuring and financing, planning and development, asset management, and disposal. He began his career in the London financial markets.
LRI also announced that Independent Non-Executive Directors Sarravanan Neelakandan and Mohamed Firdouse Farook will become Non-Independent Non-Executive Directors following their completion of nine years of service on the Board.
Prothero and Rooke have been appointed to the LRI Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Related Party Transactions Review Committee, and Nominations and Governance Committee.
With the latest appointments, the Board of Directors of LRI comprises S. Neelakandan (Chairman), M.H. Jamaldeen, A.J.B. Warman, M.F. Farook, B.V. Selvanayagam, P. Morgan, Mark Prothero, and Piers Rooke.
