Working Experience
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Date of Appointment
1 December 2024
Anthony has been with Axiata Group of companies since 2010, having served as Group Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Services Officer of Dialog Axiata, as well as Chief Information Officer of Axiata Group Berhad. In December 2024, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Axonect (formerly known as Axiata Digital Labs). Anthony also serves on the Board of Trustees of TM Forum, contributing to the global telecommunications industry’s standards and transformation agenda.
Prior to joining the Axiata Group, Anthony was the Head of North America Systems Integration Business for Nokia Siemens Networks, where he was responsible for solution development, systems integration, and wireless solutions for communication service providers across North America.
Anthony brings over three decades of experience across Europe, Asia, and the Americas in Operations Support Systems (OSS), Business Support Systems (BSS), and systems integration. He has held senior leadership roles at British Telecom, AT&T, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Hayleys.
He holds several European and US patents in the areas of Charging and Speech Recognition technologies.