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Dialog Axiata Plc yesterday announced the appointment of Amali Nanayakkara as its new Group Chief Marketing Officer. Nanayakkara will take up office in February 2012.

Nanayakkara, a renowned marketing professional and business leader, brings to the Dialog Group a wealth of experience derived from over 20 years in senior management postings in Sri Lanka and overseas.

An honours graduate from the University of Colombo, Nanayakkara commenced her career at Unilever, where she traversed multiple leadership roles, to be appointed to the Board of the company in July 2001, in the capacity of Director – Foods and Personal Care. Following a six year tenure as a Board Member of Unilever, Nanayakkara transitioned to the Telecommunications sector as the first CEO/Managing Director, of Bharthi Airtel Lanka Ltd.

During her four year tenure as a Telco CEO, Amali lead from inception, the establishment of a mobile telecommunication business in Sri Lanka and garnered for the company a significant foothold on a fiercely competitive industry landscape.In her new role as the Group Chief Marketing Officer at Dialog Axiata PLC, Nanayakkara’s marketing portfolio will span the Mobile, Fixed Line, Broadband, and Digital Television Services of the Dialog Group.

Dialog Axiata PLC, a subsidiary of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), operates Sri Lanka’s largest and fastest growing mobile telecommunications network. Dialog Axiata supplements its market leading position in the mobile telecommunications sector with a robust footprint and market presence in Sri Lanka’s Fixed Telecommunications and Digital Television markets through its fully owned subsidiaries Dialog Broadband Networks Ltd and Dialog Television Ltd.