Governance

Executive Council

The SEARCC Executive Council consists of presidents or representatives of full member organisations. The Executive Council meets twice a year. At least one of these meetings is in the country in which the forthcoming regional conference will be held.

The President of SEARCC is elected at the end of each SEARCC Conference and serves in that role until the end of the next SEARCC Conference. The Secretary General of SEARCC is the head of SEARCC Secretariat, performing the role of a diplomat, an advocate and a CEO.

Nick Tate

President

Dr Nick Tate is an Author, CEO, Company Director and Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland (UQ). He has over 40 years’ experience in IT including 16 years at…
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Yohan Ramasundara

Secretary General

Yohan is an experienced senior executive with a proven track record of delivering successful business outcomes, creating value and leading high-performing teams in public, private and not-for-profit sectors for over…
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PAST EXECUTIVES

Secretary General

  • YASA KARUNARATNE (SRI LANKA)

    2002 - 2012 Secretary General

  • Robet Lau (SINGAPORE)

    1978 - 2002 Secretary General

Presidents

  • Nick Tate (Australia)

    2018 - 2021 President

  • Yasas V. Abeywickrama (SRI LANKA)

    2017 - 2018 President

  • Nick Tate (Australia)

    2015 - 2017 President

  • Dayan Rajapakse (SRI LANKA)

    2014 - 2015 President

  • Ajith Salgado (SRI LANKA)

    2013 - 2014 President

  • Mahesh Perera (SRI LANKA)

    2013 - 2014 President

  • Nick Tate (AUSTRALIA)

    2012 - 2013 President

  • Satish Babu (INDIA)

    2011 - 2012 President

  • M D Agrawal (INDIA)

    2011 - 2012 President

  • Anthony Wong (AUSTRALIA)

    2010 - 2011 President

  • Krishan K. Aggarwal (INDIA)

    2008 - 2010 President

  • Srisakdi Charmonman (THAILAND)

    2007 - 2008 President

  • Dinesh Sattrukalsinge (THAILAND)

    2006 - 2008 President

  • Richard Hogg (AUSTRALIA)

    2005 - 2006 President

  • Raja Malik Mohamed (MALAYSIA)

    2004 - 2005 President

  • Gillian Reid (NEW ZEALAND)

    2001 - 2004 President

  • Gus Lagman (PHILIPPINES)

    2000 - 2001 President

  • Alex Siow (SINGAPORE)

    1999 - 2000 President

  • Prins Ralston (AUSTRALIA)

    1998 - 1999 President

  • S. Ramani (INDIA)

    1997 - 1998 President

  • Yasa Karunaratne (SRI LANKA)

    1995 - 1996 President

  • Ahmed Allauddin (PAKISTAN)

    1994 - 1995 President

  • K.T. Yung (HONG KONG)

    1993 - 1994 President

  • Lee Poh (Malaysia)

    1992 - 1993 President

  • Jafar Basri (Indonesia)

    1991 - 1992 President

  • C Octaviano (PHILIPPINES)

    1990 - 1991 President

  • Wee Tew Lim (SINGAPORE)

    1989 - 1990 President

  • F.C. Kohli (India)

    1988 - 1989 President

  • B Binson (THAILAND)

    1986 - 1988 President

  • Richard Li (HONG KONG)

    1984 - 1986 President