Our Board of Directors
We dream big. We invent bigger. And most importantly, we often do what many thought was impossible.
Dr Hans Wijayasuriya
Chairman – Axiata Digital Labs; Group Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Telecommunications Business, Axiata Group Berhad
Thomas Hundt
Director – Axiata Digital Labs; Group Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, Group Axiata Berhad
Anthony Rodrigo
Director – Axiata Digital Labs; Group Chief Information Officer, Axiata Group Berhad
Abid Adam
Director - Axiata Digital Labs, Group Chief Risk & Compliance Officer- Axiata Group Berhad
Clare Chin Kit Ching
Director - Axiata Digital Labs, Head, IR, Strategic Finance & Financial Planning - Axiata Group Berhad
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Thushera Kawdawatta
Chief Executive Officer, Axiata Digital Labs
Thushera Kawdawatta, a technology leader and tech aficionado with 24+ years of software product development & consulting experience for world class global enterprises. Being a trailblazer in many IT initiatives at global industry level on software reuse, engineering productivity & software sizing and architecture governance & best practices, he has an extensive experience in architecting 100+ software projects across the globe including for fortune 500 enterprises.
Prior to ADL, in his 19+ years’ experience at Virtusa corporation he played the role of Chief Software Architect, who is responsible for software architecture standards, governance, capability development and R&D and a practice head role with having responsibility in building scalable organization. Adding that Thushera has served in key technical leadership roles for 2 startup companies.
Beyond that, he was appointed as a Board Member of the Academic Committee, University of Moratuwa – BIT for CODL, Board Member, CSSL (2016-2017) and committee member for the parliament select committee on AI standards for Sri Lanka.
Thushera Kawdawatta
Chief Executive Officer, Axiata Digital Labs
Thushera Kawdawatta is a technology leader and tech aficionado with over 24 years of experience in software product development and consulting for world class global enterprises. He is trailblazer in many IT initiatives at the global industry level on software reuse, engineering productivity & software sizing and architecture governance & best practices, with extensive experience as the architect of over 100 software projects across the globe, including for fortune 500 enterprises.
Prior to ADL, he spent over 19 years at Virtusa corporation where he played the role of Chief Software Architect, and was responsible for software architecture standards, governance, capability development and R&D and was a practice head role responsible for building a scalable organization. Adding to that, Thushera has served in key technical leadership roles for 2 startup companies.
He was also appointed as a Board Member of the Academic Committee, University of Moratuwa – BIT for CODL, Board Member, CSSL (2016-2017) and a committee member for the parliament select committee on AI standards for Sri Lanka.
Namal Jayathilake
Chief Technology Officer
Chandi Dharmaratne
Chief People Officer
Sanharsha Jayatissa
Vice President - Global Operations
Shifan Saleem
Vice President - Client Services
Ahmed Riza
Vice President - Finance & Corporate planning
Amith Wijayasooriya
Vice President - Sales
Chandima Wijekoon
Country Head - Indonesia,
Associate Vice President
practice heads &
competency excellence group heads
Induni
Amarasena
Head of Competency Excellence - Project Management
Shanika
amarasoma
Head of Practice -
Analytics & AI
Nilushi wickramasuriya
Head of Competency Excellence - Business Consulting
lasitha
jayasiri
Head of Practice -
Telco Solutions
Vajira
De Silva
Head of Delivery -
Emerging Technologies
Chrishani
Bannahake
Head of Practice -
Digital Process Automation Solutions
kassapa
jayasinghe
Head of Practice -
Managed Services
sandaruwan
jayasinghe
Head of Practice -
IOT & Middleware
Yohan
Peiris
Head of Competency Excellence - AMS
udaka
kappagoda
Head of Practice -
DTE
channaka
nilendra
Head of Practice -
Digital Enterprise & Business Solutions
sanath
peiris
Head of Practice -
Digital Transformation & Support Solutions
Nilantha
Perera
Head of Delivery -
Digital Core Engineering
Thusitha
Senanayake
Head of
Process Excellence
Windana
Rahubedde
Head of Practice -
Fintech Solutions
Manusha
Wijekoon
Head of Practice -
AXP Products and Solutions
DAHAM
SILVA
Head of Competency Excellence - Digital Commerce
CHAMARA
RATHNAWEERA
Head of Practice -
Cloud Solutions
eranga
rukmal
Head of Practice -
BOSS
Udaya
Priyankara
Head of Competency Excellence -
DevOps
Buddhika S.
Gamage
Head of Competency Excellence -
Data Engineering
Sankha
Fernando
Head of Competency Excellence -
Systems & Solutions
Shiran
Gabriel
Head of Competency Excellence -
Mobile Engineering
Amalka
Withana
Head of Competency Excellence -
Data Science
