SLT announces appointment of new Chairman

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A. K. D. D. D. Arandara

Sri Lanka Telecom yesterday formally announced the appointment of A. K. D. D. D. Arandara as the Chairman and a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 February.

This was upon the review and recommendation of the Nominations and Governance Committee of SLT’s Board.

Arandara, currently serves as the Additional Director General of the Department of Legal Affairs of the Treasury. He joined the public service in 2000 and has served as the Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Director General of the Consumer Affairs Authority.

He is a lawyer with 25-year experience in legal profession. He has also held the positions of board member of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sri Lanka Independent Television Network, Prima Ceylon, Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Corporation and currently serving at SriLankan Airlines.

Arandara was originally recommended as the new Chairman along with new set of six nominees as Government representatives to SLT Board. He replaces Reyaz Mihular who resigned along with five others.