Lanka Hospitals secures Gold at TAGS Awards

Lanka Hospitals PLC has secured the Gold Award in the Health Sector at the prestigious TAGS Awards 2025. This historic achievement marks the third consecutive year the institution has been recognized for its world-class reporting standards, a feat that coincides with the 60th ‘Diamond Chapter’ anniversary of the awards organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka).

Under the theme ‘iamond Chapter: The Grand Honour of Excellence’, the 2025 TAGS Awards represent a sixty-year legacy of benchmarking Transparency, Accountability, Governance and Sustainability. In an era of heightened stakeholder expectations, Lanka Hospitals’ sustained dominance in this category validates a reporting culture that is not just compliant, but transformative.

The recognition serves as an independent validation of Lanka Hospitals’ commitment to building trust through absolute clarity. By presenting a fair, balanced and forward-looking account of its performance, the hospital ensures that stakeholders—from investors to the patients who rely on its care—can engage with the institution with unwavering confidence.

Lanka Hospitals Group Managing Director Chaaminda Kumarasiri said; “At Lanka Hospitals, excellence is never accidental; it is structured, measured, and delivered. This third consecutive win at the Diamond Chapter of TAGS underscores our focus on delivering a narrative that reflects how we create and sustain value for the nation”.

The 2025 awards, which for the first time integrated advanced AI-driven evaluation criteria, assessed organizations on the quality, clarity, and credibility of their annual reports. For Lanka Hospitals, this win highlights the robustness of its governance disclosures and the integrity of its financial information.

Group Chief Financial Officer M.B.G Wickramasiri stated; “Winning the Gold Award for the third consecutive year is an affirmation of the rigour we apply to our financial stewardship. In a complex economic environment, we have remained steadfast in our dedication to best-in-class corporate governance.”

The award was received on behalf of the Lanka Hospitals team by Group Managing Director Chaaminda Kumarasiri and Group Chief Financial Officer M.B.G Wickramasiri held at the Shangri-La, Colombo.

PICTURED Harsha Deeptha Senior Manager Finance Lanka Hospitals, Lakmali Priyangika Chief Executive Officer CA Sri Lanka, Heshana Kuruppu Immediate Past President CA Sri Lanka, Tishan Subasinghe President, CA Sri Lanka, M.B.G. Wickramasiri Group Chief Financial Officer Lanka Hospitals Group, (Dr.) Anil Jayantha, Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Chaaminda Kumarasiri Group Managing Director Lanka Hospitals Group, Kasun Gimhan Perera, Finance Manager Lanka Hospitals, Ama Wimalasena Snr. Manager Legal/Compliance Legal Lanka Hospitals, Chalitha Abeydeera Senior Manager Finance, Lanka Hospitals Diagnostics and Chamila Cooray, Chairperson of the TAGS Awards Committee

Source : Daily News