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Rekha Weerasooriya is driving talent strategy, digitisation, and analytics-based HR decision-making across the Axiata Group.

By Maggie Mancini

Rekha Weerasooriya is a top 0.5% elite performer within Axiata Group Berhad. As the head of people capability in the organisation’s group people division, Weerasooriya is tasked with driving the talent and workplace capabilities project for the company’s corporate centre while also supporting organisational development initiatives.  

Prior to her current role, which she began in June of this year, Weerasooriya served as vice president of HR transformation at Dialog Axiata PLC, leading HR and organisational transformation for the communications service provider. In that role, she was responsible for defining and driving HR strategy, digital transformation, and analytics-based HR decision-making across the organisation.  

Outside of her work with the Axiata Group, Weerasooriya is a certified happiness coach and trainer, mentoring women who want to be back at work.  

Within the last year and a half, Weerasooriya transformed the HR function at Axiata, maintaining cost efficiency and improving processes while improving employee engagement.  

Rekha Weerasooriya, former vice president of HR transformation at Dialog Axiata PLC, won the HRO Today Association APAC Award for HR Excellence, Practitioner.  

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