Client Background

The client is a major Sri Lankan property development group with a growing commercial portfolio across Colombo. As the group pursued expansion, its leadership recognised that scaling a commercial portfolio required dedicated senior leadership, not oversight spread across existing roles. 

The Challenge

The company needed a Real Estate Director to lead the commercial portfolio’s expansion across Colombo — a role requiring both deep property market knowledge and the commercial judgment to guide expansion decisions with real financial weight behind them. Senior real estate leaders of this caliber are rarely actively job hunting; the strongest candidates are typically well-established at competing developers or investment groups, making a standard search largely ineffective. 

The client also needed confidence that whoever was hired could operate credibly with the group’s board and existing leadership from day one, given the seniority and visibility of the role.