NEW YORK & MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2013--
WNS (Holdings) Limited (WNS) (NYSE:WNS), a leading provider of global
Business Process Management (BPM) services, today announced that Ron
Gillette has joined the company in the newly created role of Chief
Operating Officer (COO) effective November 18, 2013. Gillette will
report to WNS’s Group CEO, Keshav R. Murugesh, and will have direct
responsibility for sales, operations and capability creation. Ron and
his family will relocate from Paris, France to Mumbai, India for this
strategic position.
“We are pleased to welcome Ron to the WNS team, and believe his unique
combination of capability and experience will be a tremendous asset to
the company,” said Murugesh. “His track record of leadership and
knowledge of the services space will enable Ron to be a great partner to
me and the executive team, helping drive continuous improvement in our
core operational areas. This will allow me to spend more time focusing
on strategy, clients and other key stakeholders.”
“I believe that WNS is well-positioned for continued success in the
global BPM space,” said Gillette. “I am excited to join WNS at this
important juncture in the company’s evolution, and look forward to
working with Keshav and the entire WNS team to help define the company’s
future, drive operational excellence and accelerate business momentum.”
Prior to joining WNS, Gillette spent six years with ACS and Xerox in
both the US and Europe. Most recently, he was the Group President, Xerox
Business Services in Europe with responsibility for all Banking and
Insurance services, and previously led its global Finance and Accounting
Outsourcing (FAO) business. Before joining ACS, Gillette was a Senior
Partner at Accenture, responsible for growing their Business Process
Outsourcing (BPO) practice, including F&A and procurement outsourcing.
Prior to Accenture, he was a Managing Partner at Deloitte Consulting,
where he built and led the company's global outsourcing practice,
creating a world-wide network of delivery centers that provide
applications and BPO services. He was also a Partner at Ernst & Young,
spearheading their outsourcing efforts with a focus on technology,
business process, and applications, and served as Managing Director for
EDS in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Gillette has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States
Military Academy in West Point, New York, and is also a graduate of the
U.S. Army Command & Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He holds
an MBA degree from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.
About WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a leading global business process
management company. WNS offers business value to 200+ global clients by
combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key
industry verticals including Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial
Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping
and Logistics, Healthcare and Utilities. WNS delivers an entire spectrum
of business process management services such as finance and accounting,
customer care, technology solutions, research and analytics and industry
specific back-office and front-office processes. As of September 30,
2013, WNS had 26,630 professionals across 32 delivery centers
world-wide, including China, Costa Rica, India, Philippines, Poland,
Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the United States.
For more information, visit www.wns.com.
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statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are
necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to
future events. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied are discussed in our most
recent Form 20-F and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. WNS undertakes no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise.
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