The Board of Directors of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC has actually fixed to designate Dr.
Mothilal de Silva, as an Independent, non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC with result from 04 November 2024.
With a profession covering over many years, Dr Mothilal de Silva is a result oriented multidisciplinary C-level executive in the telecommunication industry having experience in Sri Lanka and multiple countries in Asia and Pacific areas.
He is a turn-around expert and a strategist.Under his leadership as Group Chief Executive Officer, he reversed the Fijis state-owned telecommunication business Telecom Fiji Ltd sustainably after 5+ consecutive loss-making years.
During his period at Telecom Fiji, the company registered consistent growth in earnings, dividend and investment for network modernisation.
He was likewise the Group Chief Strategy Officer and Group Chief Corporate Officer of Dialog Axiata, General Manager (Sales, Marketing and Customer Service) of MTN Networks Pvt Ltd and Vice President Process Excellence and Group Operations of Axiata Group Malaysia.
He sat on the Board of Directors of Lanka Communication Services Pvt Ltd, a telecommunication company for enterprises in Sri Lanka.As a C-level executive at Dialog, Mothilal established Corporate Planning, Strategy, MIS, Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Quality, Process Reengineering, Enterprise Program Management and Corporate Development divisions from scratch while apprenticing young set of supervisors who had advanced to end up being leaders in Dialog and Axiata Group subsidiary business.
He was likewise instrumental in winning GSMA awards, International Asia Pacific Quality Award, Asia CSR award for Dialog Axiata and numerous national awards.Mothilal acquired Doctor of Business Administration from PPA Business School, Paris, with a distinction for his argumentation Corporate Venture Capital as an engagement design for co-creating 5G ready services.
He has a MSc in IT from Keele University UK, MBA from PIM, SL, BSc (Engineering) SL, Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management from Maastricht School of Management, Netherland and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from PIM SL.