Roshan Silva

A veteran of the freight forwarding industry, with over two and a half decades of experience and counting to date, Roshan started founded CL Synergy (Pvt) Ltd in 2004 aiming to challenge and change the status quo of the Logistics industry prevailing at the time. Seventeen years later, the CL Synergy empire has grown under his leadership and guidance as Managing Director to a renowned name in the Sri Lankan Freight forwarding industry, encompassing seventeen companies across the freight, logistics and technology industries.

Roshan’s is an alumnus of Nalanda College in Colombo, and he holds a BSc (specializing in Marketing) from The University of Sri Jayawardenapura. He also holds professional qualifications in Marketing as well as Logistics, as a Fellow member of The Chartered Institute of Marketing UK (CIM-UK), as well as The Institute of Chartered Shipbroker’s UK (FICS-UK).

Along with many industry process improvements that he lobbied for as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Logistics & Freight Forwarders Association ( SLFFA) during 2019 - 2021, Roshan was also instrumental in putting together a Coffee Table Book documenting 40 years of SLFFA and also initiated the National Logistics Awards (NLA), aimed at recognizing and celebrating the achievements of industry players, as well as showcasing the strength and unity of the industry as a whole.