Ideal Motors recognised at the Great HR Awards 2025

(From Left): Adhitha Perera, Manager – Technical Training & Compliance, Ideal Motors (Pvt) Limited; Dilani Yatawaka, Group Managing Director / CEO, Ideal Motors (Pvt) Limited; Jayantha Abeyratne, Asst. Secretary, CIPM; Dr. Neil Bogahalande Ph.D, Vice President, CIPM and Chairman, The Great HR Awards 2025; Nadeeka Wataliyadda, Commissioner General of Labour; Anura Siriwardena, Managing Director, Voice of Asia Network (Pvt) Ltd.; Thrimuthi Dhanushka, Group DGM, HR & Administration of Ideal Motors Group; Niroshan Balasooriya, Manager – HR & Administration of Ideal Group of Companies; Melani Nathasha, Assistant Manager – Human Resources of Ideal Motors (Private) Limited

Ideal Motors (Pvt) Ltd is proud to announce that it was honoured with a Merit Award in the Automobile Sector at The Great HR Awards 2025, Sri Lanka’s newest and most prestigious platform recognising excellence in human resource management.

Positioned as the nation’s highest honour in HR, The Great HR Awards celebrate organisations that demonstrate outstanding achievements in people strategy, workplace culture, HR technology, and industrial relations. The awards are backed by Mercer’s globally recognised evidence-based methodology and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Sri Lanka, ensuring rigorous benchmarking against international best practices while remaining firmly grounded in the local context.

Winning this Merit Award marks a significant milestone in Ideal Motors’ journey and reaffirms its long-standing belief that people are the true driving force behind sustainable business success. In an increasingly competitive and rapidly evolving automobile industry, this recognition highlights the organisation’s commitment to building a future-ready workforce aligned with changing business demands and customer expectations.

Over the years, Ideal Motors has faced numerous challenges as a fully-fledged automobile company while maintaining its market leadership position in the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) segment. The organisation navigated complex macro- and microeconomic conditions, including skill shortages, talent migration, import restrictions, and broader industry disruptions. Despite these challenges, Ideal Motors successfully achieved a strategic turnaround, positioning the company for a profitable and sustainable future in 2025, driven largely by its strong and resilient people practices.

Throughout this transformation, people remained the organisation’s greatest strength and key enablers of business excellence. The HR function played a critical role in workforce planning, talent sourcing, capability building, and organisational restructuring during periods of uncertainty.

Through targeted initiatives aligned with employee engagement, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), the organisation fosters an environment where employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to perform at their best.

Technology has also been leveraged as a strategic enabler in Ideal Motors’ HR transformation journey. By adopting digital HR solutions and data-driven decision-making, the organisation has enhanced efficiency, strengthened workforce analytics, and enabled HR to function as a strategic business partner rather than taking on a purely administrative role.

Commenting on the achievement, the management of Ideal Motors stated that the award is a testament to the dedication, commitment, and resilience of its employees and HR team.

“This recognition reinforces our belief that strong people practices are essential to business success. It motivates us to further strengthen our culture, invest in our people, and continuously evolve our HR strategies to meet future challenges,” the management noted.

The Great HR Awards are open to organisations of all sizes and sectors, making the competition both diverse and highly competitive. Being recognised among leading organisations across industries further underscores Ideal Motors’ position as an employer that sets benchmarks for HR excellence within the automobile sector.

As the world of work continues to evolve, Ideal Motors remains committed to redefining workplace culture, enhancing employee experience, and positioning HR as a strategic driver of business performance. This Merit Award at The Great HR Awards 2025 represents an important milestone in that journey and inspires the organisation to continue striving for higher standards in people excellence.