SLASSCOM appoints Sandra de Zoysa as Chairperson ...
The national chamber for the IT/BPM industry, Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) has appointed Sandra De Zoysa as Chairperson for 2021/22, at the 9th Annual General Meeting held on June 29th.
She succeeds Channa Manoharan – CEO / Advisory Leader PWC Sri Lanka.
Sandra is the Group Chief Customer Officer at Dialog Axiata PLC whose career in the ICT industry spans over 30 years as the longest tenured employee in the Mobile Telecommunication sector.
She was the first female to join Celltell in 1989 which saw the birth of Customer Service / Customer Experience Management in Sri Lanka. She has held many leadership positions within SLASSCOM including Vice-chairperson, Finance Director, Operations Director, and gave leadership to Quality, Branding and Communications, Tech Kids, and Women Technoprenuer initiatives.
Commenting on her appointment Sandra said, “I’m humbled and honoured to have been the first female appointed to the Board and now to be elected as Chairperson. SLASSCOM’S secret to success is founded on the strength of our wide network of 350 members and its dedicated volunteers who are industry experts, with a passion to develop Sri Lanka’s IT/BPM sector and make a positive impact to the nation.
It is the unwavering passion and steadfast dedication of these volunteering professionals and member organizations that have empowered SLASSCOM to achieve its objectives within a short span of time, elevating the IT / BPM industry to one of the top 5 export revenue earners for the country”.
The IT/BPM industry Apex body also announced the appointment of it’s Office Bearers Ashique M. Ali – Director Talliance (Pvt) Ltd as its Vice-chairman, Jehan Perinpanayagam - CEO Infomate as 2nd Vice-chairman, Nishan Mendis – Executive Director, Technology Consulting Leader at PWC Sri Lanka as Finance Director and Nuwan Perera – Vice President Commerce at IFS to the position of Operations Director for the year 2021/2022.