Allirajah Subaskaran

Premananthan Sivesasamy oversees strategic, commercial, and financial matters across the 23 countries in which Lyca Mobile operates.

Working closely with Group Chairman Allirajah Subaskaran, with whom he has shared a long and prosperous working relationship dating from the very beginnings of their careers, and is adept in tackling challenges associated with rapid financial and geographic expansion. He plays a crucial role in the induction of new country teams to the Lyca Mobile ethic and business practices, commanding a high and consistent level of service and practice across all divisions.

After graduating with a BA Honours Degree from Middlesex University, where he read Accounting and Finance, Prem held a number of high profile roles within the Prepaid International telecommunications industry. These include the position of Managing Director of the United Networks Calling Card Division and a post as Managing Director of Voice Telecom where he held overall responsibility for driving revenue for both the company’s calling card and residential telecoms products.

Reuniting with his colleague Subaskaran to oversee the launch of Lyca Mobile in 2006, Prem’s experience in telecoms and his skilled orchestration of international growth has been instrumental in the Group’s continuing success.

Paul Mallett is the Group Head of Talent Acquisition & HR and is responsible for the human resources and talent management for the Group. He joined the company in 2011, and has been instrumental in attracting C-level members to the business while overseeing launches in 18 countries.

Prior to joining Lyca Mobile, Paul worked within Executive Search, and has also spent seven years working at Lloyds within their Corporate Finance division.

Satkunanathan Jogaratnam (Jogan) is the Chief of Product and Pricing, and has overall responsibility for the Product and Pricing across the 23 countries in which Lyca Mobile operates.

Jogan is one of Lyca’s core members, having joined in 2003. He is directly involved in all negotiations for major commercial partnerships with MNOs across all of Lyca Mobile’s markets to ensure the best deal is being reached for the company.

He is responsible for the company’s overall Gross profit margin and plays a leading role in all major business deals.

Kashmir Nijar is responsible for managing Group commercial functions and activities including MVNOs and Partnerships.

Prior to this Kashmir was the Chief Strategy Officer for Lyca Mobile, where he was instrumental in setting up and implementing the global distribution channel strategy since 2007.

Kashmir has over 39 years’ experience within the mobile Industry. Kashmir joins Lyca Mobile from KPN Mobile, where he was Head of International Wholesale. He was instrumental in pioneering the new wholesale challenger strategy for KPN Mobile International, resulting in remarkable growth experienced at both BASE and E-plus in 2005/2007. He also successfully launched 11 major MVNO’s & branded partners in 2006 across multiple segments (FMCG, Media, Data, Ethnic, Mobile Retail and Fixed), including five group deals.

Kashmir has an MSc in Satellite and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Surrey and a BEng (Hons) degree in Electronic Engineering from UMIST (Manchester).

Kaddamban Radhakrishnan is the Group Technical Director and one of Lyca’s core members.

Kaddamban was the Head of Technology for the launch of Lycatel in 2002, overseeing and building the Technical architecture of the Lyca network from day one. As Lyca expanded into 23 countries, he oversaw the technical requirements of each new launch, creating the right solutions to allow the brand to grow and expand effectively in accordance with the over-arching business strategy.

He was instrumental in the creation of Lyca Mobile in 2006 and was responsible for overseeing and implementing the technical requirements of transitioning the company from its calling card model to becoming a multinational MVNO and MNO.

Kaddamban has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, and has amassed more than 20 years of experience as a manager and leader in Technology, Software/Mobile Network Architectures and Protocols, IT Business Systems, and Product Development for the telecommunications industry.

He enjoys meditation, travelling, and spending time with his children, family, and friends.

Michael is Financial Adviser to the Chairman, an experienced Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and was formerly Group Chief Financial Officer of Lyca Group – a role he held for over 11 years.

Michael has entrepreneurial Board experience in both public and private Companies, as a CFO as well as in Corporate Development. Michael also has experience as a Senior Management Consultant at Price Waterhouse London, in which he became a specialist in global cash management, as well as Corporate Finance consultancy experience in the United States, the Middle East, and India via his own boutique firm. Prior to joining the Lyca Mobile Group, Michael was Group CFO in a Hong Kong and Singapore Group that built a technology manufacturing operation in Northern France.

He has been Chief Financial Officer in Kalido, a technology company owned by Royal Dutch Shell, steering Kalido to an exit from Shell via an MBO backed by two leading Venture Capital organisations. Michael was also head of Corporate Development and External Financial Relationships, and the main Board Director for Staffware plc, an international technology BPM Group. Whilst at Staffware, he took it from AIM to a full Techmark listing on the London Stock Exchange and closed two international acquisitions.

In addition, Michael has senior Corporate Treasury experience: most recently as Group Treasury and Tax Director in Rank Group Plc, a major international leisure and gaming company in which he gained a significant amount of experience in the banking, bond, and credit markets. Michael has also been Treasury and Credit Director with the international technology group Madge Networks N.V which listed on NASDAQ and in which he led the finance team for the acquisition of a large Israeli subsidiary.