Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya receives GSMA Chairman’s Award

Axiata Group Berhad Chief Executive Officer Telecommunications Business and Group Executive Director Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya was honoured with the GSMA Chairman’s Award, at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.
The most prestigious award of the GSMA, the governing body of the global mobile industry, is the Chairman’s Award. It recognises outstanding contribution by individuals and organisations towards the advancement of mobile communications worldwide. 
Dr. Wijayasuriya represents the Axiata group on the board of the GSMA.

In his capacity as CEO of Telecommunications Business, Dr. Wijayasuriya oversees Axiata’s digital telecommunications operations across Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Bangladesh 
and Sri Lanka.  
His portfolio also encompasses the group’s enterprise and international businesses as well as Axiata’s multi-country software and digital transformation unit, Axiata Digital Labs. 
Dr. Wijayasuriya, alongside the Axiata teams from across the group, has been actively involved in numerous strategic initiatives of the GSMA in the region and globally. 
Most recently, the Axiata group has played a lead role in advancing the GSMA’s Open Gateway initiative in the region.
Axiata stands as one of Asia’s largest telecommunications groups, with operations across Asia, serving over 170 million subscribers.