Subanie Ekanayake
OUR RESOURCE POOLSubanie Ekanayake
Senior HR Consultant · People Strategy & Governance Specialist
PROFILEExperience and perspective.
Subanie Ekanayake is a highly experienced Human Resources professional with over 20 years of progressive leadership experience spanning HR strategy, people governance, systems and organisational effectiveness.
After qualifying as an Attorney-at-Law, she began her corporate journey as a Management Trainee and advanced through senior leadership roles to become Head of Human Resources.
Subanie has held senior HR leadership roles at John Keells Holdings PLC, Hemas Holdings PLC, Union Assurance and Fairfirst Insurance.
AREAS OF EXPERTISEWhere this expert contributes.
High-level areas relevant to consulting, assessment, leadership and development work.
01HR strategy and people governance
Practical expertise applied in context with the wider Thrive Hive team.
02HR systems, processes and policy frameworks
Practical expertise applied in context with the wider Thrive Hive team.
03Talent management and leadership capability
Practical expertise applied in context with the wider Thrive Hive team.
04Employee relations and compliance
Practical expertise applied in context with the wider Thrive Hive team.
05Organisational effectiveness and transformation
Practical expertise applied in context with the wider Thrive Hive team.
CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCESelected qualifications.
- MBA (Hons)
- LLB (Upper Second Class)
- Attorney-at-Law (First Class)
Why clients value Subanie: Subanie is valued for her calm authority, structured thinking and ability to blend people empathy with governance, risk awareness and strategic clarity.
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