IPM Sri Lanka represented by Janaka Kumarasinghe was appointed as the Secretary General of the APFHRM for the next two years. APFHRM comprising of 15 Member countries namely Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. Peter Wilson of Australian Human Resource Institute will be the President of APFHRM for the next two years.

This is first time that Sri Lanka holds this prestigious position in the APFHRM. Kumarasinghe is a Past President of the APFHRM and Past President – IPM, who is also a Fellow Member of IPM.