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Jayantha Fernando
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LOLC Finance PLC has appointed Jayantha Fernando to its Board as a Non-Executive Independent Director.
A senior Legal expert with a specialised Masters Law Degree (LLM) in Telecommunications and IT Law, from Queen Mary University of London, he has nearly 30 years implementation experience in several Tech Law subjects ranging from Digital Transactions, Digital Payments, Privacy and Data Protection, Cybercrime, Internet Governance and AI.
During his tenure in the public sector at ICT Agency (ICTA), Fernando led the drafting of several laws, including Electronic Transactions Act, Computer Crimes Act and early versions of Cyber Security Bill.
As Chair of the drafting committee (2018-22), he led the strategy to formulate and enact Sri Lanka’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), No. 09 of 2022, the first comprehensive data privacy legislation in South Asia.
Fernando led Sri Lanka’s entry to the Budapest Cybercrime Convention and became the first South East Asian to be elected to Budapest Convention nine-member global Board (bureau), in Strasbourg, France.
He also developed legal standards for IT Contracts and led the Negotiation of E-commerce Chapter in Singapore-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
