Short Circuit has announced a new group leadership structure, appointing five senior leaders across its portfolio companies.
The appointments span Surge Global and Calcey Technologies, the group’s services arm; Payable, its payments business; and SurgeOS, its product division.
The appointments mark a deliberate step in the group’s evolution, moving from a founder-driven model towards a broader, leadership-led platform built on internal talent and proven experience.
The new structure brings together Lahiru Dissanayake as CEO, Kasun Delgolla as CTO, and Mevan Perera as CMO of Surge Global and Calcey Technologies, the group’s service arm; Yohan Wijesiriwardane as CEO of Payable; and Steve Ludewyke as Chief Product Officer of SurgeOS. Each appointment reflects the group’s longstanding philosophy of identifying, developing, and promoting the leaders who have already helped build the business from within.
Lahiru Dissanayake brings nearly 20 years of enterprise technology experience to the role of CEO of Surge Global and Calcey Technologies, a career built within the group across Pyxle, Trabeya, and Surge Global. Having progressed from Business Analyst to Chief Executive, his expertise spans enterprise architecture, AI, and digital transformation across stock exchanges, government services, retail, and telecoms on six continents.
Kasun Delgolla brings over 14 years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, AI, cybersecurity, and digital transformation to his role as Chief Technology Officer at Surge Global, expanding now to cover Calcey Technologies. Having served as the chief architect behind many of the company’s large-scale enterprise programs, his expertise spans cloud-native platforms, AI-powered products, data ecosystems, and secure enterprise architectures.
Mevan Perera brings over 14 years of digital marketing expertise to the role of Chief Marketing Officer of the services business, seven of them spent building the group’s digital strategy capability from within. Progressing from Content Strategist through Strategy Lead to Partner, he developed and led the cross-functional Digital Strategy Blueprint spanning SEO, paid media, content, web development, and analytics, delivering it for clients across the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Yohan Wijesiriwardane co-founded Payable twelve years ago with a clear mandate to make world-class payment infrastructure accessible to every merchant. Under his leadership, Payable grew into a platform processing Rs. 6 billion in monthly transactions across 45,000 merchants, delivering industry firsts including South Asia’s inaugural Tap2Phone solution and instant merchant settlements.
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