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WNS Launches Delivery Center in Bucharest

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Leading BPO services provider enhances global delivery model with multi-lingual nearshore operation

NEW YORK & MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2008--WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global business process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced the launch of a new delivery center in Bucharest, Romania.

The 150 seat facility in Bucharest further expands WNS' global delivery capability and serves as a nearshore delivery center for global clients with European operations. The center is able to provide multi-lingual services in French, German, Italian and Spanish for clients across a range of industries. At the outset, the center will deliver finance and accounting (F&A) and customer support services. With the launch in Romania, WNS has expanded its global delivery footprint to 14 delivery centers and is developing plans for additional centers in the region.

"Our expansion into Eastern Europe is a key step in enhancing our global footprint and providing comprehensive, integrated solutions to our clients," said Neeraj Bhargava, CEO of WNS Global Services. "The ability to deliver services in an array of languages supports our clients' needs for standardization, consolidation, and transformation for improved performance of their business processes."

Eric Selvadurai, Managing Director - Europe, WNS said, "As a location, Bucharest provides a strong combination of language skills and talent, while still providing a competitive advantage for clients operating in the European Union. Language capability is a key delivery component for those who are increasingly looking to benefit from global delivery models."

Akos Csernus, Director of Operations, Central and Eastern Europe, has been recruited to lead WNS' Eastern European operations. Mr. Csernus brings 13 years of global delivery and BPO experience. He previously headed operations in Romania for GE and helped establish the company's operation in Hungary, as well as having previously served as Regional Manager for the consulting business unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hungary.

About WNS

WNS is a leading provider of offshore business process outsourcing, or BPO, services. We provide comprehensive data, voice and analytical services that are underpinned by our expertise in our target industry sectors. We transfer the execution of the business processes of our clients, which are typically companies located in Europe and North America, to our delivery centers located primarily in India. We provide high-quality execution of client processes, monitor these processes against multiple performance metrics, and seek to improve them on an ongoing basis.

Our ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our website at www.wnsgs.com.

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