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Dr Hans Wijayasuriya to be named as Secretary to Ministry of Digital Economy
Dr Hans Wijayasuriya named as the Chief Advisor to the President on Digital Economy is to be appointed as the Secretary of a newly constituted Ministry of Digital Economy, the President’s Media Division said.
He will also be the Chair of the Digital Economy Authority, an apex body that will be mandated to oversee Digital Economy Acceleration.
Ministry of Digital Economy under the direct purview of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The President appointed Dr Wijayasuriya as the Chief Advisor to the President on Digital Economy today.
Dr Wijayasuriya will lead the Board of the ICTA in the capacity of Non-Executive Chairman. He will subsequently take up several executive leadership roles within the institutional framework related to the digital economy following relevant legislative enactment.
The PMD said that Dr Wijayasuriya, is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Telecommunications Business and Group Executive Director at Axiata Group Bhd, a position he has announced he will step down following a transition period.
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