Bharti Airtel appoints Suren Goonewardene as CEO of Sri Lanka operations

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it had appointed Suren Goonewardene as CEO of its operations in Sri Lanka. In his new role, Suren will report to Vineet Taneja, Operations Director – South & Sri Lanka at Bharti Airtel.

“Suren brings with him rich domain experience of telecom industry and has an exceptionally strong track record of business successes in each of his previous roles,” Bharti Airtel CEO for India and South Asia Sanjay Kapoor said.

Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel that commenced commercial operations of services in Sri Lanka in January 2009, and grew to become the fastest operator to reach the 1 million customer milestone in the country.

Since then, Airtel has expanded its presence to 1500 plus base stations across Sri Lanka and introduced a wide range of innovative service offerings towards enriching the lives of its customers, the company said. Bharti Airtel has 242 million customers across 19 countries of its operations across Asia and Africa.

Suren Goonewardene, who has earlier worked with Dialog Telekom and Lanka Bell to now join Airtel Sri Lanka as CEO, has over 16 years of work experience across areas of finance, sales, marketing and operations, the company’s statement added.