Leaders honoured at Fonterra Infinity Awards 2019
View(s):Employees across the dairy supply chain were in the running for honours as part of Fonterra’s Infinity Awards 2019, held recently to recognise inspiring and emerging leaders, amongst 50 other top performing individuals and teams.
Ms. Aranthi Fernando
Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka’s Human Resources Director, Ms. Dinusha Jayamanne said that for an organisation to be future-ready and able to respond to the challenges of constant change, it is crucial to nurture and recognise agility in the leaders that drive the business.
In a media release from the company, it was stated that its Inspiring and Emerging leadership categories drew a record number of nominations.
“Today we have two great success stories of our award-winning leaders, both of whom have demonstrated and nurtured agility in their own authentic ways. “Choosing from many strong nominations across the organisation was very tough – but it was great to see the passion in which people were spoken about and everyone’s appreciation of our people leaders,” said Ms. Jayamanne.
The Fonterra Inspiring Leader award honours an outstanding senior member of the team who has inspired their colleagues to grow, and demonstrated leadership traits, while keeping Fonterra values at the core.
This year’s award was presented to Rehan Anthonis, Senior HR Business Partner for the organisation’s largest team – Integrated Supply Chain and Sales and Marketing.
During his time at Fonterra, Mr. Anthonis has consolidated and expanded his role, and taken up the additional responsibility of being the company’s talent lead. He also took on the entire organisation’s redesign, facilitating greater agility and its heightened ability to thrive in change.
Mr. Rehan Anthonis
Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka also presented the 2019 Fonterra Emerging Leader Award to Aranthi Fernando, Head of Customer Service and Logistics.
“Through her unwavering managerial courage and leadership, we have seen our logistics functions evolve, embrace technology, and its teams flourish through agile career paths,” said Ms. Jayamanne.
Over 50 awards were presented at the company’s annual recognition platform across categories such as Food Safety and Quality Innovation, Health and Safety Innovation, Star Performers and Execution Excellence.