The group was the first and the only Company to date in Sri Lanka to raise capital overseas by way of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). JKH is currently listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and traded over-the-counter at all major stock exchanges.

The JKH Group is considered the most diversified group of companies in the country with over 65 subsidiaries of which most enjoy market leadership in their respective businesses. The Group operates in 10 different business sectors, namely, Transportation (airline representation, shipping, freight forwarding, air express, inland container depot, travel & travel related services and port management), Leisure, Plantations, Food & Beverage, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Financial Services, Exports, International & Domestic Trade and Management Trust.

In achieving the present success, the JKH Group have developed many long standing business associations, either as agents or joint venture partners, with several internationally renowned companies such as the P&O Group (P&O Ports and P&O Nedlloyd), Avis, American Express, DHL, IBM, Lucent Technologies (AT&T), Pizza Hut, Schenker Stinnes Logistics, Toshiba and TATA Infotech, together with many prestigious international airlines such as American Airlines, Gulf Air, LTU International Airways, Leisure Cargo GMBH, Asiana Airlines, Jet Airways, Swisscargo, City Bird, Air Europe, Belair and Air2000.

The Group is a major player in the hotel industry and own and operates eight resorts in Sri Lanka with over 1,000 rooms and two resorts in the Maldives with 170 rooms. The Group is the largest inbound tour operator in the country accounting for approximately 22% of organised tourist arrivals. Some of the major tour operators handled by the Group include CNN - Neckermann, Hotel Plan, FRAM, Tourisanda and Kuoni.