TMC President Emeritus Fayaz Saleem conferred CMI Companion

On the recommendation by the CMI Executive Committee of last year headed by Keethi Jayaweera, CMI UK has awarded/upgraded the membership of Fayaz Saleem, a Fellow of the CMI - as a COMPANION MEMBER of CMI UK.

Fayaz Saleem

Saleem is a past President of the Institute and one of the founders of the local branch. CMI companions are selected on an invitation only basis, with selection based upon an exhaustive review of the candidates' career by CMI's Independent Assessment Panel, looking at management impact at a strategic level. Companion is the highest category of membership and is awarded only to individuals who have a distinguished record of achievement in senior management. Companions form an exclusive group of the Institute's membership.

Saleem is the Principal Consultant and Managing Director of Executive Search Limited and affiliated group of companies and is also the President Emeritus of The Management Club.

He spearheaded the company, Maritime International Ltd, originally a search and Placement Company in 1978 to expand into concentrated areas. Executive Search Limited/AIMS conducts executive search and placement for nearly all the large corporate firms in the country and has a well established client base overseas having placed many of the MDs. CEOs, CFOs, CMOs and many other functional heads in Sri Lanka and the region. Maritime Placements Ltd/MPL Outsourced Ltd likewise concentrates on the local market at lower managerial levels. The holding company also operates Maritime International Ltd, Maritime Property Management and Allied Cleaning and Maintenance Ltd. Saleem is well recognized as the pioneer head hunter in Sri Lanka.

He has been a member of CMI UK, recognized as one of the largest management institutes worldwide for over 25 years and has over the years provided innovative leadership to many institutions as founder. He was the founder member of the Association of

International Standards (an ISO Consultancy Association), a founder member of the Sri Lanka Branch of the Chartered Management Institute, UK of which he was the President in 1999/2001 and the founder President of the Forum of Chartered Institute which was inaugurated in March 2007.