Romesh David is CEO of South Asia Gateway Terminals (www.sagt.com.lk), Sri Lanka’s first Public Private Partnership (PPP) project in the ports sector, by a consortium led by John Keells Holdings (JKH) and including the A P Moller/Maersk Group, Evergreen and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. He was previously with the John Keells Holdings Group (JKH) for 38 years, where, as a member of the Group Executive Committee and President – Transportation Group, he had overall responsibility for all businesses in the Transportation Group which included companies in the ports, bunkering, shipping, logistics, freight forwarding, airline, aviation services and travel sectors. Beginning his career in the Leisure sector, during his long tenure with JKH, he led teams and businesses in the IT and IT Enabled Services (BPO), International Trading and Domestic Trading sectors. A Chartered Fellow of the century old Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport and a past International VP of the Institute, he also served as a Global Advisor to WiLAT (Women in Logistics & Transport) until 2023. He is Immediate Past President of the Indo-Lanka Chamber of Commerce, former Chair of the National Agenda Committee on Transport & Logistics of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and was a founding member of the IFC’s Women-in-Work, High-Level Advocacy Group in Sri Lanka.