Dhaka: Telecom operator Robi managing director and chief operating officer Supun Weerasinghe has been elected president of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB).

Airtel’s CEO P.D. Sarma has been elected the senior vice-president of the Association’s Executive Council, while Grameenphone’s CEO Rajeev Sethi has been elected vice-president.

The new executive council of the AMTOB was elected at its Annual General Meeting at AMTOB Secretariat in the capital’s Gulshan area on 20 September, said a press release from Impact PR on Monday.

The Executive Council appointed TIM Nurul Kabir as the Secretary-General and CEO of AMTOB at the same meeting.

AMTOB is a national trade body representing all mobile telecom operators in Bangladesh. Airtel, Banglalink, Citycell, Grameenphone, Robi and Teletalk - the six mobile network operators are the full members of AMTOB. Network engineering firms Huawei and Ericsson are its associate members.

Supun Weerasinghe is replacing AMTOB’s outgoing President, CEO of Banglalink Ziad Shatara.

Prior to taking up the Robi assignment in 2014, Supun served as Chief Strategy Officer of parent company the Axiata Group. He had also served as Axiata’s head of Network Transformation, when he provided leadership to Group Technology, Carrier Collaboration and the Axiata Intelligence Unit (previously Axiata Management Services).  

Through these positions, Supun helped Malaysia-based Axiata Group to craft its long-term strategic plan.