Lawson Johnston

The visionary behind Malabar Hill is Lawson Johnston, a well seasoned Australian designer. His integral approach to concept, architecture and embellishment has been honed by years of travel in Asia and an in depth knowledge of Sri Lanka and the Hindu, Muslim, Tamil and Buddhist cultures that converge here. Lawson’s hands-on method of working with local artisans, tirelessly overseeing production processes and exhaustively searching for the best local design solution has created the hotel in all its unique Sri Lankan glory.

Dominic Scriven OBE

This Brit is a financier of 30 years in Asia, founding Vietnam’s Dragon Capital in 1994. He has worked to link finance, specifically, and development, generally, closer with holistic notions of environmental wellbeing, with a focus on biodiversity and tourism, in a number of Asian countries