Pioneer headhunter and marketing personality receives prestigious CMI award
View(s):Fayaz Saleem, a ‘Companion’ of the Chartered Management Institute UK (the highest form of membership for those who have made outstanding contributions to management and leadership), was recently recognised by the Chartered Management Institute Sri Lanka branch as the ‘highest Contributing’ CMI Management Professional.
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Fayaz Saleem conferred with the award by Minister Sarath Amunugama.
Mr. Saleem, a past President of the Institute, and one of the founders of the local branch, was recognised by the Chartered Management Institute UK Sri Lanka branch at its award ceremony held at the Shangri-la hotel recently.
He has been an active member of CMI UK for over 30 years, and was its President from 1999 to 2001.
In his professional life he has been a pioneer in local employment placements, and has been a much sought after headhunter having pioneered this concept in Sri Lanka over 25 years ago.
Mr. Saleem provides some of his time to employee counselling, executive coaching, and is often invited as guest speaker on leadership, corporate culture and motivation. He has also been a consultant to several reputed companies from 1980 to 1995.