Hans Wijayasuriya

Hans Wijayasuriya
Hans Wijayasuriya
Born (1968-04-02) April 2, 1968 (age 56)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
University of Bristol,
S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia
OccupationGroup Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer – Telecommunications Business Axiata Group Berhad
Known forDialog Axiata PLC

Shridhir Sariputta Hansa "Hans" Wijayasuriya (born April 2, 1968), a Sri Lanka born Global Telecommunications Executive, is the Group Executive Director & CEO Telecommunications Business of the Axiata Group Bhd., Asia’s second-largest telecommunications company. Until 2016, he was also the Group Chief Executive of Dialog Axiata PLC,[1] Sri Lanka’s largest mobile communications provider.[2] During the period 2012-14, He was founder CEO of Axiata Digital Services, the pan-region Digital Services arm of the Axiata Group.

In March 2024, the GSM Association (the trade group for the mobile industry), honored him with the Chairman's Award for outstanding contribution to the global mobile industry which is the most prestigious recognition granted by the GSMA. Hans was also named "Sri Lankan of the Year" in 2008, by a local business journal, LMD.[3]

  1. ^ "Supun Weerasinghe Takes Over as Dialog's Group Chief Executive". www.dialog.lk. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  2. ^ "Group Overview". www.dialog.lk. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka Business News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 2020-12-22.