25 WINNERS AT 2019 CEE BUSINESS SERVICES AWARDS
At the 7th annual CEE Business Services Awards Gala on 31st January in Warsaw, 25 top companies were distinguished for their contribution and performance within the sector. More than 300 top sector-executives from 139 companies attended, representing 26 countries. The independent Jury voted 30th January to award the following companies. In a tough competition (129 great companies were Short-Listed) among world-class firms, the following took first place:
WINNERS:
BEST UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS COOPERATION OF THE YEAR
“The Future of GBS” – ASPIRE & Kraków University of Economics.
SSC OF THE YEAR – Hungary
Morgan Stanley
Most Vibrant Workplace – Poland
Aon (Krakow, Enterprise Park, Avestus)
Most Vibrant Workplace – CEE
Danske Bank Lithuania (Danske Campus, MMM Projektai)
Top Employer Branding Initiative
IBM FEST Slovakia
RPA Implementation of the Year
Amer Sports
EMERGING CITY OF THE YEAR – POLAND
Bydgoszcz
EMERGING CITY OF THE YEAR – CEE
Riga
MOST DYNAMICALLY DEVELOPING CITY – POLAND
Łódź
MOST DYNAMICALLY DEVELOPING CITY – CEE
Vilnius
DIGITAL SERVICES FIRM OF THE YEAR – POLAND
EPAM Systems
DIGITAL SERVICES FIRM OF THE YEAR – CEE
Cognizant Technology Solutions
TOP CSR INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - CEE
eKids Belarus (EPAM Systems)
TOP CSR INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - POLAND
CSR Initiative – Poland: PwC (Business vs smog)
BPO FIRM OF THE YEAR – CEE
Tata Consultancy Services (Hungary)
Our headcount has grown over 40% from last year to current 1700+ associates working for 56 Global Customers. TCS BPO Hungary office is a real multicultural environment where 54 nationalities and 34 languages connect every day. We provide end-to-end capabilities in IT Infrastructure and system integration solutions, F&A, HR-Payroll, Financial-Analysis, Market-Research, A&I, Life sciences support and IT services like: Development, Application and Product support. Total number of employees estimated at December 2017: 2500+.
MOST UNIQUE SERVICES PROVIDER – POLAND
PwC Financial Crime Unit
PwC Centre in Gdańsk is the only Financial Crime Center of Excellence in continental Europe that provides services to external global clients. Anti Money Laundering (AML) remediation projects and providing them with ongoing support in their day to day subject related activities.
MOST UNIQUE SERVICES PROVIDER – CEE
TCS – Repeatable Carve-Out Model (Strategic Divestitures)
BSC OF THE YEAR – CEE
Swiss Re
BSC OF THE YEAR – BALTICS
CIRCLE K BUSINESS CENTRE
BSC OF YEAR – POLAND
3M GSC Poland
HR DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Western Union (Zivile Valeisiene)
BUSINESS CENTRE MANAGER OF THE YEAR – BPO
Tata Consultancy Services (Prabal Datta)
Prabal took over the Budapest GDC (Global Delivery Center) in May 2015. He introduced his program with the help of Olympics theme and symbols. His circles are also representing the world, since the center in Budapest is capable for all services to all Geographies. Furthermore he set his strategy based on the five Olympics circles too, dedicating one for Improve Business, Develop People, Collaboration, Added Value and Growth. He introduced the global Academic Internship program, and launched the successful TCS SKOOL Ambassador Program. "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing" - this motto drives him in every action from expansion planning to one-on-one talks.
BUSINESS CENTRE MANAGER OF THE YEAR – SSC – CEE
Telia (Marius Ivanauskas)
BUSINESS CENTRE MANAGER OF THE YEAR – SSC – POLAND
Cisco Systems Poland (Ramon Tancinco)
NEW-ENTRANT SSC OF YEAR
Booking.com (Vilnius)
This 7th annual event, MC’ed by Thom Barnhardt of CEE Business Media, attracted a multitude of international guests from across the CEE region, including Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Poland. Additional guests came from Japan, UK, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Australia, and India.
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Firms attending included: 4Synchronicity, Absolvent.pl, Accent Business Training, Adaptive Solutions & Advisory Group, Agfa Graphics, Alliance for Recruitment, Allnex Latvia SIA, AmCham – Slovakia, ANIS, Antal, ASPIRE, BAN Studio,BARR, Biogen, BiznesPolska. BNP Paribas Securities Services, BP BSC Kft.Circle K Business Center,Cisco Systems,Citi Services,City of Gdynia,City of Debrecen,City of Poznan,CloudAgents (Comforce),Cognizant Technology Solutions Lithuania,Colliers,CONNECTIS,Credit Suisse,CushmanWakefield,CVO Recruitment,CzechInvest,Danske Bank Global Services Lithuania,Danske Bank Group IT Lithuania,Deloitte,Demant Technology Center,Dentons Business Services EMEA,DFDS,Discovery Networks CEEMEA,Discovery Polska,Eaton,EDC Debrecen,Edicom,Embassy of Hungary,EY,Franke Polska,Fresenius Medical Care,Fujitsu,Futures Inc,Gdansk Economic Development Agency,Gdansk Shared Service Centre,Geek Girls Carrots,Goldman Sachs,Goodyear,GoVilnius,Grafton,Grupa Buma,Grupa CashBack Polska,GTC,Hays,HIPA (Hungarian Investment Agency),Hitachi Data Systems,IAFEI,IBA Group,IBM ISC (Slovakia),Intermedix Lietuva,Invest in Pomerania,Invest Lithuania,IT Hiring Solutions,JNJ GlobalBusinessServices,Kinnarps,KMDPoland, Kofax/Lexmark,Latvia Investment Agency(LIAA),Lexmark,LKK,Luxoft Poland,MANN+HUMMEL Services,Manpower Group Solutions,McCormick Shared Services – EMEA,McKinsey EMEA Shared Services,Michelin,Moneygram,NASDAQ,National Outsourcing Association (NOA) – UK,NOVARTIS Finance SSC, NSG,Olivia Business Centre,City of Opole (UM),PAIZ (Poland Investment Agency),Pandora Jewelry CEE,Penta Investments,Philips,Pillar Management,PKP Energetyka,Polish Campus Marketing,Pomerania Development Agency,Process Solutions,Proservartner,PWC,Randstad Sourceright EMEA,RBS – The Royal Bank of Scotland,Reed Hungary,REED Personnel Services Poland,Rehau,Runway BPO,SARIO (Slovakia),Schneider Electric,SEB Shared Service Center (Latvia),Siemens,Sii,SIX,Skandia Operations Center,Softserve,SoftServe Poland,Solvay,Sovos,SSC Heroes Hungary,SSC Heroes Poland,StanleyBlack&Decker,State Street Bank,Stefanini,Strategic Staffing Solutions International,Swissport,4Synchronicity,T-Sytems Slovakia,Tate&Lyle Global Shared Services, TCS (Tata Consultancy),Tele2 SSC,Teleperformance,Transparent Solutions,Trellis (Denmark),US Embassy,Verita HR,Visma Labs,Western Union Processing Lithuania,Work Express,Zurich Insurance Company