Dialog's Group CMO to take up regional role

Dialog Axiata PLC recorded the secondment of its Group Chief Marketing Officer, Nushad Perera to take up a regional role at the headquarters of Axiata Group, Berhad in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Perera's new role will be in the capacity of a Senior Vice President within the Group Strategy function of the Axiata Group, and will commence in January 2012.

Nushad Perera

Axiata Group is one of the largest telecommunications companies in Asia and has businesses operations in 10 countries in the region providing a comprehensive range of mobile communication services to over 100 million subscribers.

The Group currently has controlling interests in subsidiary operations in Malaysia , Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Cambodia as well as strategic stakes in India, Singapore, Iran, Pakistan and Thailand. Going forward Perera will be a key member of the team that will spearhead the development and implementation of new businesses for the Axiata Group.

Nushad Perera, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM), holds an MBA from the University of Leicester and is a much decorated marketer having been named CIM Marketeer of the Year in 2001 and being awarded the coveted 'Global Brand Leadership Award' at the Asia Brand Congress in 2007.

"Nushad was a key and founding pillar of the Leadership Team which propelled the company from its beginnings as the 4th entrant to the mobile sector, to an undisputed market leader" said Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Group Chief Executive of Dialog Axiata PLC.