Lifetime Gold Medalist, Samitha Perera, elected IPM President
View(s):CEO CBL Foods International, Samitha Perera, was elected as the president of the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) for the year 2013 – 2014. The election was held at the AGM on 27 July 2013. During the previous council year Samitha Perera officiated as a council member and as the chairman of the marketing committee of IPM’s council and played an active role in IPM’s new approach towards inculcating innovative human resource management methods in HR management.
Samitha Perera is an exceptional HRM professional who made quick progression from a mere management trainee to director, human resources within a period of 15 years. His exceptional leadership qualities and his original approaches towards people management gained him the position of CEO CBL Foods International.
Samitha Perera
Samitha Perera began his career in 1992 as a Management Trainee – Human Resources at Singer Industries (Ceylon) Limited, and since then his outstanding skills helped him in a brisk ascent of career ladders of his chosen profession playing key management roles in multi-national companies: in 1998 he became the Senior Manager Human Resources, Singer Group of Companies; Head of Human Resources, Coca-cola Beverages Sri Lanka in 2000; Group Human Resources Manager, Caltex Lubricants Sri Lanka in 2002; Human Recourses Director, British American Tobacco, Sri Lanka in 2006; and CEO CBL Food International in 2012.
His contribution towards the industry and the profession, the continuous endeavours towards excellence in HRM, and his quick progression to the highest level of management, gained him the much acclaimed IPM Lifetime Gold Medal at the recently concluded National Human Resources Conference (NHRC) 2013. He has also been lauded for the many achievements in the fields of people performance management, employee relations and productivity management.
His vast experience, and proven aptitude, in human resource management, and as well as his expertise in finance, marketing, and operations management gained, makes him a well rounded business leader and apt candidate for the position of president of an institute that endeavours to provide HRM excellence to the country.
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