Lalith de Mel

Lalith de Mel was appointed Chairman of SLT in December 1998. He has completed the Tripos in Economics at Cambridge University and the AMP at Harvard Business School. He worked for Shell before joining Reckitt & Colman in Sri Lanka, was Managing Director in 1971. In 1977, was appointed as Regional Director of Reckitt & Colman plc based at Corporate Headquarters in London. He was appointed to the Main Board of Reckitt & Colman plc UK in 1991, becoming Group Director for Asia, Far East, Africa and Australasia. In 1996, he assumed the responsibility for Reckitt & Colman Pharmaceuticals worldwide. He retired from Reckitt & Colman plc in 1999. He is now a Director of CDC Capital Partners, UK and a number of companies in Sri Lanka.

Satoru Hashimoto

Satoru Hashimoto is the CEO of SLT and has held this position since December 1999. He has an Engineering degree from Osaka University and has been with the NTT Group for 34 years. Previously he was President and CEO of the NTT subsidiary NTT International. He has worked as Chief of Operation Unit, Centre for Telelcommunication Development at the International Telecommunications Union in Geneva.

Dhammika Amarasinghe

Dhammika Amarasinghe is the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited. He brings to the Board a wide experience in the public service, insurance sector, the hospital sector and the banking industry. After graduating with an Economics degree from the University of Ceylon in 1961 he joined the public service and has held a number of senior appointments in the Highways Ministry and the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Ministry.

Shuhei Anan

Shuhei Anan graduated with a Master’s in Engineering from Waseda University, Japan in 1976 and has been with the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) since that date. He has worked in both Thailand and Indonesia and has extensive experience with regard to the operation and maintenance of a variety of telecom operations and management.

Norio Asami

Norio Asami is the Chief Financial Officer at SLT. Since graduating with a B.Com from Hitotsubashi University, he has been 26 years with the NTT Group and has functioned as the Financial Controller at NTT Data Communications Services and at the Kanto Regional Headquarters.

Saman Ediriweera

Saman Ediriweera is the Director, Policy Planning and Director, Telecommunications at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and the Media. Since graduating with a B.Sc. in Engineering in 1971 from University of Sri Lanka, Katubedda Campus specialising in the field of Electronics and Telecommunications, he has been widely involved in the telecommunications industry in Sri Lanka. He had also been closely involved with the work of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation in developing programmes of technical assistance for developing countries.

Norman Gunewardene

Norman Gunewardene had his training at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, UK and the Indian Midshipman’s Training Establishment, Bombay. After serving with the Royal Ceylon Navy he joined Bonars Ceylon Limited and then Aitken Spence Co. Limited. In 1996, he retired as Chairman of Aitken Spence, but continues as a Director. He is the Chairman of Nordal Investment (Pvt) Limited and has been Honorary Consul for New Zealand since 1987. He served as a Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission from 1997-2000.

Ananda Goonatilleke

Ananda Goonatilleke has been a Member of the Bar for almost 10 years and also a Member of the Bar Council of Bar Association of Sri Lanka. He has graduated from University of Ceylon. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and the Working Director of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and a former Director of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited.

Takao Sakagami

Takao Sakagami is the Chief Operations and Technical Officer at SLT. He counts 33 years with NTT, NTT International and the Japan Telecommunication Engineering and Consulting Service. He has wide experience in the development of telecommunications systems in South America and South East Asia, and has specialized in project management and outside plant engineering.

Rohan Wijeratne

Rohan Wijeratne has a M.Sc. in Technology and Management from The American University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. He is an expert in Information Technology (IT) and has extensive experience in the Public, Private and International sectors. He was at the World Bank for ten years. He has held various senior positions in the Public sector including that of Advisor/Consultant to the Prime Minister and Minister of Industries, Science & Technology, Chairman of the Computer & Information Technology of Sri Lanka. He has served on various Boards including The Arthur Clarke Center for Modern Technologies and was a Founder Director of Millennium Information Technologies Limited and Millennium IT Software Limited. He has also held various posts in industry associations in Sri Lanka and has presented and published various papers on IT. He currently serves on the Board of Rodev Lanka (Pvt.) Limited and is the Chairman of the Information Technology Sectoral Committee of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.