Akthar Afzal currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Vidullanka PLC and holds over fifteen years of professional experience in the fields of business development, project development and management, finance, and investment banking. He has played a pivotal role in the management and development of the company’s expanding solar segment, having led the acquisition and initiation of projects across the island, in South Asia and in Africa.

Akthar serves in different capacities in several reputed bodies within the renewable energy industry. He is the Vice President of the Grid Connected Solar Developers’ Association, Sri Lanka, and is a member of the Solar Industries Association, the Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association and of the Sri Lanka – Indonesia Business Council.

He holds an MBA from the University of West London, UK and is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.