Ashok Pathirage has been appointed as Chairman of SriLankan Airlines Group by its principle shareholder, the Government of Sri Lanka. Pathirage is a leading businessman and founder of Softlogic Holdings PLC, of which he is the Chairman and Managing Director. He is also Chairman and Managing Director of a number of reputed companies including Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC, Softlogic Capital PLC, Softlogic Life Insurance PLC,etc.