Axiata Group Berhad has announced that its executive director, Dr. Shridhir Sariputta Hansa Wijayasuriya, has departed from the group following his appointment as Chairman of the Digital Economy Authority and CEO/Secretary of the Digital Economy Ministry of Sri Lanka.
Dr Hans was appointed as Group Executive Director and CEO of Telecommunications Business of Axiata on 24 March 2023 after serving as Joint Acting GCEO since June 2022. He has functioned in the capacity of CEO of Telecommunications Business since January 2020. In this role, he is responsible for Axiata’s Digital Telecommunications Operating Companies across ASEAN and South Asia, and also leads the Group’s Software & Platforming Business Axiata Digital Labs, and the Group’s Enterprise and International Wholesale Businesses.
In 2016, Dr. Hans was appointed Corporate Executive Vice President and Regional Chief Executive Officer for South Asia Operations at Axiata. Until the end of 2016, he also served as the Group CEO of Dialog Axiata PLC (Dialog) in Sri Lanka. Dr. Hans joined Dialog’s founding management team in 1994 and became CEO in 1997. From 2012 to 2014, he also served as the founding CEO of Axiata Digital Services Sdn Bhd.