Fariq Cader

Fariq is a Fellow Member of the institute of Chartered Accountants Sri Lanka and Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants United Kingdom. He graduated from University of Colombo in Arts and completed his MBA from the University of Colombo.

He started his career at Arthur Andersen affiliate and moved on to Dialog Axiata where he held various management positions in different areas like, Credit Management, Fraud Management, Revenue Assurance, Corporate Finance, Finance Operations, New Business Development, and Digital Services.

Fariq counts over 20 years of experience, of which 15 years are in the telecommunications field. During this period, he was also with the management team of “Etisalat” group’s operation in Saudi Arabia. He is a board member of many digital ventures in Sri Lanka and also a consultant to the World Bank on Mobile Money.