Damith Hettihewa recognised as People Leader in IT

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Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) Secretary and Informatics Ltd. CEO Damith Hettihewa was recognised as the People’s Leader in Information Technology category by Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) Sri Lanka at the National HR Excellence Awards 2017 held at BMICH recently.

The country’s apex body relating to the HR profession, Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) recognises the personalities who have contributed significantly to human resource development endeavours for the year under review at the National HR Excellence Awards. People Leaders’ category recognises non HR professionals who have provided visionary leadership to leverage an origination’s human capital to significantly boost the organisational performance through people centric initiatives.

Informatics CEO was recognised for the organisational transformation initiative ‘Change Together’ that resulted in enhancing employee productivity and in turn organisational performance under his leadership. Informatics organisational transformation program was implemented under the guidance of visionary and a pioneer of IT industry in Sri Lanka and Chairman of Informatics Group Dr. Gamini Wickramasinghe and the company’s board of management.

Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) President Yasas V. Abeywickrama said, “The people centric organisational transformation through process innovation and cost optimisation was the highlight of the Informatics success story under Damith’s leadership. He has contributed significantly to Sri Lankan ICT industry over a more than a decade and is well deserved for this award. CSSL and its membership join congratulating him in this important recognition by country’s leader in HR.”