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Saman Jayalath

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Global Executive Search, Talent Acquisition at Talent Acquisition Executive Search
📍 United Kingdom

Saman Jayalath is a global talent acquisition specialist with over 28 years of experience in executive search across sectors like Pharma, Sustainability, and Financial Services. He has a proven track record of building and training recruitment teams globally. He holds a BA from Heriot-Watt University.

He was part of the leadership team for KPMGs Global Centre of Excellence for Climate Change & Sustainability, where he led senior hiring.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Global Executive Search, Talent Acquisition
Location
United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Saman shows up

Curious But Skeptical
Friendly But Slow
ROI Driven

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Priorities

Topics Saman cares about

Global Talent Strategy
He specializes in building and leading global executive search and talent acquisition teams, having worked across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
Pharmaceutical Recruiting
As the former Global Head of Talent Acquisition for Astellas Pharma, he actively recruited for various business sectors, including Medical and Development.
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Career

Work history

8-2022
Global Executive Search, Talent Acquisition
Talent Acquisition Executive Search
8-2022 - 12-2023
Executive Director - Global Head of Talent Acquisition & Executive Search
Astellas Pharma
11-2019 - 6-2022
Global Head of Talent Acquisition & Executive Search/Director
ERM: Environmental Resources Management
2-2014 - 11-2019
Head of Talent Acquisition/Head of Recruitment Specialist - working across the globe for Clients
LBM-Consulting
9-2010 - 1-2014
Global Head of Recruiting/Executive Search for Climate Change, Sustainability & Infrastructure
KPMG US
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Media appearances

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Education
1991 - 1994
BA
Heriot-Watt University
1988 - 1989
Accounting
Clydebank College
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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