Navin Pieris

Navin is an ICT and telecommunications professional and a business leader with 24 years of experience, spanning multiple ICT management and leadership roles.

He started his career at Dialog Axiata in 2005 after a career in Systems Integration with the Leading SI’s of the time and has held multiple leadership roles in International carrier Business, Mobile Telecommunications, Mobile Broadband, and Fixed Telecommunications. At present he functions as the Group Chief Officer - Dialog Enterprise at Dialog Axiata PLC.

In his role as the Head of Fixed Telecommunications, he was part of the leadership team that launched Sri Lanka’s and the region’s first fixed 4G services and Sri Lanka’s first uptime Tier III certified data center.

Navin holds a dual masters in the fields of General Management & Management Information Systems from Boston University School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Summa Cum Laude) in the fields of Business Administration, and Economics from Eastern Connecticut State University, USA.