Viraj Mudalige appointed Managing Director of Epic Lanka

Epic Lanka, Sri Lanka’s premier payment solutions company announced the appointment of Viraj Mudalige as the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 June. 

With Viraj’s appointment and his proven track record as award winning payment solution architect, Epic Lanka is set for a new course of innovativeness and establish itself as a preferred international brand in the rising global digital economic sphere with ground-breaking payment solutions.

An industry veteran with over two decades of experiences in the field of Information Technology, Viraj Mudalige has played an instrumental role as the chief architect in introducing an array of breakthrough technology platforms into the banking and financial sector, including Branchless Banking, Terminal Line Encryption, Single wallet for Payer & Payee, Card Management Solution, Internet Payment gateway & 3D security and Reconciliation & Dispute Management, which are today recognized as strong brands by a number of financial institutions across the globe.

Mudalige highly believes in Sri Lankan ICT talent as well as solutions crafted under the slogan ‘Made in Sri Lanka’, and has worked with a passionate motiveto hire locally-nurtured ICT professionals to develop pioneering banking and finance solutions for international markets. Under his current leadership as Epic Lanka’s Chief Executive Officer, the company has won an unprecedented number of over 60 national and international accolades, including Sri Lanka’s first Gold award at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards 2008 and five national awards at the National Best Quality ICT Awards (NBQSA) 2016, which made Epic Lanka the number one software solutions company in Sri Lanka. 

An old boy of Richmond College Galle, Viraj is a Chartered Engineer (EC-UK) by profession. He  also holds a MBA in Information Systems Management from Sikkim Manipal University in India. Further he received his MSc from Asia e University of Malaysia. He received his graduate award in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the United Kingdom and also holds the National Diploma in Technology in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.