Mr. Osman Kassim, the chairman of Vidullanka PLC is an entrepreneurial figurehead with over 4 decades of senior management experience in leadership, strategy, and business management under his belt. He is well known for his charismatic and visionary leadership style displayed throughout his corporate journey serving countless industries and sectors in Sri Lanka as well as overseas.

In addition to his chair position in Vidullanka, Mr. Kassim currently also serves on the board of Amana Takaful Life PLC, Rokfam (Pvt) Ltd., The Goodness Foundation, and Crescentrating (Pte) Ltd, Singapore as Chairman. He is also the Emeritus Chairman of Aberdeen Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. In addition to the above he serves as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of Amãna Takaful Maldives PLC and Maldives Islamic Bank, whereas in the past he held positions as the Chairman of the Boards of Expolanka Group, Amãna Bank PLC, Amana Takaful PLC and the Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT), Sri Lanka.

Mr. Kassim is one of the founders of Sri Lanka’s first fully-fledged Islamic Bank, Amana Bank PLC, which provides non-interest-bearing participatory banking solutions. He was also instrumental in another significant innovation in the Islamic finance industry: the establishment of Amana Takaful Insurance PLC, the country’s first Takaful insurance firm. Mr. Kassim’s extensive expertise in Islamic banking and insurance has made him a pioneer in the industry in Sri Lanka.

In recognition of his achievements as a global entrepreneur and visionary educator, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Staffordshire University, UK. Additionally, Mr. Kassim was named one of Sri Lanka’s ‘Captains of Business’ by LMD’s A-List of 100 Sri Lankan businesspeople in 2020.