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Allirajah Subaskaran is the Founder and Chairman of the Lycatel and Lyca Mobile Group of companies. Subaskaran is a high-profile industry thought leader, a visionary, and entrepreneur with over 18 years entrepreneurial experience in the telecommunications industry.
Subaskaran founded Lycatel, an international calling card company, with the clear vision of growing the brand into a global leader. Subaskaran’s inspirational leadership spearheaded the company’s growth from 10 employees to 1,500 by 2006, and expansion into 23 markets including the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, USA, and Canada.
In 2006, Lyca Mobile was launched with the chairman’s vision to create a benchmark model for MVNOs, with a mission of building the global number one mobile international calling brand. Lyca Mobile now operates in 23 countries across European, Australian, and US markets with the largest international footprint of any international MVNO and over 16 million customers worldwide.
Subaskaran’s business acumen has led him to acquire and build numerous other companies spanning entertainment, financial services, travel, healthcare, media, marketing, and hospitality. His business prowess has been recognised by many prestigious panels, leading to him receiving industry awards such as the

Platinum Award for Business Person of the Year at the Asian Achievers Award ceremony, The International Business Awards’ Gold Stevie Award for Entrepreneurship, Asian Voice Political and Public Life’s ‘International Entrepreneur of the Year’, and The Golden Peacock Award for Entrepreneurship.
Subaskaran has always had a strong desire to use his personal success to give back to the wider community. Most notably, he founded The Gnanam Foundation in 2010 along with his wife Prema Subaskaran to provide support to orphans, women, and men who’ve lost their livelihood and to the elderly who have been abandoned without care. Most recently, he was personally commended by the UK Secretary of State for providing increased mobile data allowances to disadvantaged pupils during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Subaskaran is a proud father of three boys and is a member of the Institute of Directors, UK.