Independent Director on Dialog Telekom Board

Former Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the World Bank Group, M. V. Muhsin has been invited to join the board of Sri Lanka's premier telecommunications company Dialog Telekom Limited as an independent non-executive Director.

The invitation extended by Tan Sri Dato' Ir. Md. Radzi Mansor, Chairman of Dialog Telekom has been accepted by Muhsin.

As the first CIO of the World Bank and prior to his recent retirement, Muhsin was responsible for aligning Information Technology to the organisation's business strategy.

He successfully implemented major reforms in global telecommunications, video conferencing, information management and enterprise business systems.

Prior to joining the World Bank, Muhsin worked in senior positions in the private sector in Sri Lanka and served for several years as an advisor to the then President of Zambia, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda on state enterprise reform and as the group financial director of Zambia's Mining and Industrial conglomerate. An old boy of Trinity College, Kandy, Muhsin is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.