The 2017 Chairman’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement was held on the 30th of November 2017 at the Oak Room, Cinnamon Grand Colombo. Nisreen Rehmanjee was the recipient of the Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Achievement whilst Kumudu Munasinghe, Head of Corporate Communications was the recipient of the Chairman’s Award for CSR for Championing the English Language Scholarship Programme of John Keells Foundation. The John Keells Group Sustainability Award was bagged by Union Assurance and Walkers Tours ( for office-based location) and Cinnamon Citadel Kandy (for Large scale operations Category).