With nearly three decades of leadership experience in delivering innovative and strategic people management practices across multiple industries and geographies, Mr. Jayantha Amarasinghe has earned himself a reputation as an acclaimed and accomplished human resources thought leader with an unrelenting zeal to drive excellence.
He currently serves as the Deputy General Manager of Seylan Bank PLC – a key strategic role in which he performs as the principal architect of human resources strategy and practices of the organization. He has held key HR leadership positions at renowned local and international organizations, successfully driving people-centric strategies and practices to create value and achieve transformational change across diverse business domains.
Since commencing his career at multinational retail giant, Singer Sri Lanka, his unrelenting endeavour for excellence and continuous development propelled him steadily in his professional career, enabling him to move in to Nations Trust Bank before accepting a global HR leadership role at the Doha Bank in Qatar where he oversaw the HR function of four UAE countries, gaining an unmatched knowledge of the inner workings of this global financial enterprise while managing a multicultural and diverse workforce representing 21 nationalities. Upon completing an eventful and enriching stint at this global banking giant, Mr. Amarasinghe returned to Sri Lanka in March 2015 to accept yet another challenging HR leadership role at Seylan Bank.
He is an attorney-at-law, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Colombo and a Master’s in Business Administration from Buckinghamshire New University – UK. He is a postgraduate diploma holder in Management from the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing and holds the national diploma in Human Resources Management from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management with a merit pass. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations from the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS).
Jayantha Amarasinghe is a Certified Assessor from SHL Group PLC (Singapore) for administering Personality and Psychometric Testing and has been exposed to high-intensity C-Suite Executive Training including ‘Fast Forward Leadership’ by Cerebrus Consultants India; Strategic Human Resource Management from the Bella Vista College of Hyderabad India; ‘Unleashing Creativity for Innovation’ by the Mankidy Associates, Centre for HR Solutions, Pune, India; ‘Leadership and Managing Conflicts by Franklin Covey South Asia;; Strategic Management by the Boston Consulting Group Dubai, General Management by the Qatar Leadership Academy and a diplomatic training course at the Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute.
Mr. Jayantha Amarasinghe has served in the governing council of the CIPM from 2003 to 2008 and again from 2016 upon his return to Sri Lanka and continues to serve the Institute to date with distinction. HE SERVES AS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OF SRI LANKA .
During his long association with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka, he has extended his contribution to a number of CIPM’s strategically and operationally critical endeavours, thereby instilling excellence across the Institute while ensuring its growth, sustainability and smooth transition.
In an interview with BMD Jayantha Amarasinghe expressed his views on remodelling the world of work in challenging times.
Excerpts from the interview are given below.
Remodeling The World Of Work In Challenging Times
