DHAKA: Supun Weerasinghe took charge as chief executive officer (CEO) of Robi Axiata Limited, leading mobile operator of Bangladesh, on Wednesday.

Supun has replaced Michael Kuehner who decided to retire from full time corporate life. Michael will continue to be a member of the Board of Directors of Robi Axiata after he steps down as CEO.

After taking office Supun said that he is feeling happy and honored joining in such rapidly expanding mobile operator like Robi.

Bangladesh recently has joint in a new era with the deployment of 3G services, he added.

Supun Weerasinghe has been serving as the Axiata Group Chief Strategy Officer since Feb 2013. He also functions as the Head of Network Transformation Strategic Business Unit under which he provides leadership to Group Technology, Carrier Collaboration and Axiata Intelligence Unit (previously Axiata Management Services).

Prior to Axiata Group, Supun was the Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO), of Dialog Axiata Plc, (Dialog) Sri Lanka’s mobile market leader. He was also the COO and then the CEO of Dialog Mobile for several years. He has played a pivotal role in making Dialog, the leading quad play Telco service provider in Sri Lanka.

 
Supun is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK, and holds a B.Sc. in Accountancy and Financial Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. He also has a MBA from the University of Western Sydney, Australia and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School.

BDST: 0958 HRS, JAN 02, 2014
Edited by: SM. Mostafijur Rahman Nasim, Newsroom Editor/ Rubaiat Saky, Senior Newsroom Editor