Suresh de Silva Takes Helm at Eguardian Lanka and DCS International

Suresh de Silva, Chief Executive Officer - Eguardian Lanka Private Limited and DCS International Private Limited

LIMRA Holdings announced the appointment of ICT industry veteran Suresh de Silva as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its IT cluster companies, Eguardian Lanka Private Limited (Eguardian Lanka) and DCS International Private Limited (DCS International) with effect from 1st May 2017.

“I am delighted to announce the appointment of Suresh de Silva as the Chief Executive Officer of Eguardian Lanka and DCS International. He joins us at a time when Eguardian Lanka is actively growing its overseas operations while both companies are also focused on expanding their service offerings within the market. Given his extensive experience in the ICT sector, I strongly believe that his appointment will add great value to the two businesses, propelling them to greater heights,” said Nabhan Akeel, Managing Director, LIMRA Holdings.

With over 20 years’ experience in the ICT Industry, Suresh was previously Country Business Head for EMC in Sri Lanka and Maldives where he helped set up a strong partner eco system and achieve a significant growth in customer base during his 5 year tenure. Prior to joining EMC, he was with TATA Communications Lanka and Suntel where he held leadership roles in value added services & enterprise sales and internet sales, respectively. Suresh holds an MBA from Edith Cowan University, Australia.

LIMRA Holdings is a diversified group of IT solutions and mother and child care companies with partnerships with some of the world’s foremost brands in these sectors.

Eguardian Lanka is a provider of cyber security services which specializes in digital forensics, threat hunting and threat intelligence services. With its head office in Colombo, the company has operations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Oman and Bangladesh as well as a strategic office in Atlanta, USA. Eguardian Lanka is the sole distributor of Fortinet security solutions in Sri Lanka and value added distributor for Symantec, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Arista solutions in the country Lanka.

DCS International Private Limited is the exclusive distributor of ESET’s award-winning security solutions in Sri Lanka providing outstanding country-specific cyber security coverage as well as alerts on threats specific to the market.