Lankan HR professional awarded ‘Life Time Achievement Award’

At the recently concluded “Asia's Best Employer Brand Award 2012” ceremony Lalith Wijetunge was awarded the “Life Time Achievement Award” for his contribution to the Human Resources Management discipline in the Asian region.

It is the highest honour an individual could receive for his/her contribution to the HR field. Wijetunge is the award winner in this year among the Asian region for “Life Time Achievement Award” in the field of Human Resources.

Wijetunge was a past president of the Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka (IPM) for three consecutive years and was instrumental in launching the second phase of the state-of-the-Art building project of “HR House” in Narahenpita, Colombo 5.

He is a Vice President of the Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resources Management and the Organization of Professional Associations Sri Lanka. He is a well-versed and reputed HR professional in the region and has initiated various projects to uplift the quality of the working people in the region. He had functioned in prestigious private and public sector organizations as Head of Human Resources and presently he is working for SLT Manpower Solutions Pvt Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom as Head of Human Resources.

He was tasked for several international awards for his contribution to HR fraternity in the region as his long and unstinted experience for years in the HR field. This award deserves the calibre of a person such as him, who had practiced and had got involved with the practical HR experience with reputed organizations for over a long period. The award ceremony was held in a leading hotel in Singapore under the patronage of well-reputed HR professionals and the business leaders in the region.