John Keells Hotels PLC announced that Mr. Ashroff Omar has resigned from the board of directors with effect from February 26, 2013 towards taking up the appointment to the board of John Keelis Holdings PLC with effect from March 1, 2013. Mr. Ashroff Omar is a Director of Phoneix Ventures Limited. He is a director of NANCO (Private) Limited which is the Nanotech park in Sri Lanka for initiating and researching Nano technology.