CPO Brandix wins international award for talent management

Chief People Officer (CPO) at Sri Lanka’s top apparel export group Brandix, Ishan Dantanarayana has won international recognition for noteworthy contributions to his organisation, country and the world through innovation and entrepreneurship.

Dantanarayana was presented the Achievers and Leaders Award for Excellence in Talent Management by Deputy Minister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs A.D.S. Gunawardena at the first Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, Singapore (SIAS) Partnership Summit in Colombo on December 5.

The awards conferred by the Global Board of the SIAS Partnership Summit were presented in five categories, for excellence in Talent Management, Brand Building, Institution Building, Creativity and Leadership.

The SIAS Summit brought together more than 100 CEOs, managing directors, heads of human resources, professionals, decision makers and entrepreneurs to share knowledge and explore business opportunities under the overall theme ‘Building the Future - Partnerships and Progress through Development.’

In a further affirmation of his standing as a HR leader in the region, Dantanarayana was invited to be a panellist at the SIAS Summit.

Other panellists at the Summit’s HR Forum included eminent Human Resources heads of leading multi billion dollar Indian corporate entities of the calibre of Mahindra & Mahindra and the Reliance Group.

Commenting on the recognition accorded to the Group’s CPO, Brandix CEO Ashroff Omar said: “Identifying, harnessing, motivating and managing talent is mission-critical for our business.

As an organisation that continuously invests and takes pride in the professional development of its associates we are very pleased with Ishan’s achievement. It is also a valuable endorsement of the exemplary quality of HR practices within the Brandix Group.

”He said the award also illustrates that the Group’s people emulate the Brandix philosophy of “pushing the boundaries” in their quest for excellence.

A professional with more than 20 years of experience in the fields of human resources and business partnering, Dantanarayana has previously served as the Senior Director HR/Global Head Training & Development and the Global HR Processing Centre of Virtusa Corporation and as Country HR Manager and Senior Regional Trainer of DHL Keells (Pvt.) Ltd.

He has conducted training programs in over 40 countries. He holds an MBA from Edith Cowan University of Australia, a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and MCIM status of CIM (UK) and a Postgraduate HR qualification from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (SL).