Corporate colossus Ken Balendra passes away
[LankaPuvath] - 02/4/2025
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Prominent corporate leader in Sri Lanka, Kandiah ‘Ken’ Balendra passed away yesterday. He was 85. Balendra was the first Sri Lankan Chairman of John Keells Holdings Ltd and several large companies including Brandix, Ceylon Tobacco and Union Assurance. Born in 1940, (…)
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