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Dr. Abeytunga with APEX Chairman, Nadir Patel

Vice President and Director General of Canadian Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, Dr. P K Abeytunga has received the 2012 APEX Award for Career Contribution, presented by the Association of the Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada and the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada.

This award is presented to a leader in their field and through exemplary work over the course of their career, has brought recognition to the Canadian public service or to their department or agency.

In his 32 years of service to the federal government as the Vice-President and Director General of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Dr. Abeytunga has established CCOHS as a globally recognized, credible leader in workplace health and safety.

Dr. Abeytunga is responsible for major international projects, co-operative arrangements with leading institutions involved in health and safety around the world, and representing CCOHS at major forums internationally. He has been a member of the CCOHS staff since its inception in 1980, and has directed the programmes and services of CCOHS related to occupational health and safety information, training and customized products, including its electronic services, which are delivered on a cost-recovery basis. Among his many achievements are the initiation and development of CCOHS' electronic information service, distributed worldwide.

Dr. Abeytunga is an experienced strategic planner and senior executive with a proven track record in the conceptualization, development and effective implementation of many occupational health and safety programs and projects of international repute - especially in the areas of information and training. He has contributed to many international and national occupational health and safety projects in North America, Europe and developing countries, which addressed information, training, and specific problems and issues in workplace health and safety. His services are being utilized by UN programs and other agencies for global and regional projects worldwide. He has frequently been a speaker at regional and global conferences on the subject of information required for effective decision-making in the occupational health and safety field.

Dr. Abeytunga is an old boy of St. Mary's college, Chilaw and Civil Engineering graduate from University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. He obtained his doctorate from University of Aston, Birmingham, United Kingdom (UK). Dr. Abeytunga is the eldest son of late Mr. P K Sirisena and Mrs. Sirimawathe Manike of Muneswarama, Chilaw.

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