Lasantha Theverapperuma

Lasantha assumed duties as the Group Chief Operating Officer on 15 September 2020.

He has over twenty-five years of experience in multiple functions including Finance, Operations, Business Control, Strategy, Transformation and Business Management spanning a diverse range of industries which include Telecommunications, Leisure, Distribution, Shipping, Printing, Software, Consultancy and Audit.

Lasantha started his career at Dialog in 2004 as Manager - Finance Operations and has held multiple roles including Vice President Corporate Planning before being seconded to Axiata Group Berhad in February 2017 as the Head of Strategy.

Upon completion of his assignment at Axiata, Lasantha was appointed as the Group Chief Digital Officer in November 2018 and has been operating as the Executive Sponsor of the Digital Transformation drive for Dialog. He has been spearheading and leading this initiative for the last two years with tremendous success. He has been instrumental in driving an agile culture within Dialog and setting up the Analytics at the Edge programme which aims to deliver the next phase of Digital Transformation.

Lasantha is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He holds a Bachelor of Science Special Degree in Accountancy from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka and a MBA from the University of Edith Cowan, Australia. Lasantha was awarded Leader of the Year at the inaugural Dialog Awards in 2011 and once again in 2013.