September 2021
Cover Story
CHANGE MAKER
SCALING NEW HEIGHTS
from Formula Racer to MD at McLarens Group
In conversation with Shehara De Silva From being the first female formula driver to becoming the Managing Director of McLarens Group, must have been quite a journey for you. Could you walk us down that memory lane? Looking back at how I started both racing and business, I never imagined I would be in the roles and the responsibilities that I hold today. As a young girl I was always adventurous and energetic, keen to learn and hardworking at whatever I did. Racing was my passion, and I grew up with cars and practically spent my weekends in a workshop helping the mechanics to prepare the race cars, for my father Rohan De Silva who was the local racing champion back in those days.
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