22 Companies were distinguished Thursday night (6 February) at the 2nd annual CEE Outsourcing and Shared Services Awards. More than 275 executives attended, from 21 countries across the CEE region, western Europe, Scandinavia, United States, and India.

Companies that attended included: BNY Mellon Poland Global Delivery Centre, WIPRO, Capita Polska, Franklin Templeton Investments Center, Kuehne + Nagel, Lundbeck, RWE Group Business Services GmbH, Kemira, Western Union, Kuehne + Nagel, MANN+HUMMEL Service, SocGen – Bucharest, Hitachi Data, Global Remote (Romania), Opus Capita, Tieto, Olivia Business Centre-Gdansk, Element 14, H-P, Conectys, Arcelor Mittal, Runway BPO (Estonia), NFQ Solutions (Lithuania), CBRE Corporate Outsourcing, UCMS, Cushman Wakefield, Antal, Infosys, Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, Krakow Business Park, Process Solutions BPO, Kinnarps, UBS, Accent for Professionals, Linkleaders, Chajec, Don-Siemion & ?yto, Stefanini /Tech Team, Goyello, Competence Call Center, Profitia Management Consultants, Luxoft, Devonshire, Multiposting, Colliers, Transparent, ASPIRE, ABSL, IBM, Outsourcing for Professionals (UK), World BPO Forum, EOA, Skanska, Swede Center, Tata (TCS), Jones Lang Lasalle, PAIZ, Alexander Mann, Goldman Sachs, Citi Services, PGNiG Serwis, CPL, Randstad, BNP Paribas, SkyRes Warszawska, AIG Lincoln, CIMA, Accent Business Training, BiznesPolska, GrantThornton, PWC, Hays, Ernst&Young, ING Bank,Test HR, Verita HR, Human Capital Consulting, Barona HR Services, CzechInvest, ANIS (Romanian Outsourcing Association), Hungarian Outsourcing Association, Invest Lithuania, Enterprise Estonia, and the following Cities: Lublin, Poznan, Katowice, Szczecin, Kraków, ?ód?, Tallinn, and Vilnius.

Category: Overall Awards:

Top CSR initiative of the Year:

• Poland Business Run 2013 (UBS)

Best University-Business cooperation of the year:

• Post-graduate studies „Modern Business Services” at University of Technology in Radom

Top Public Sector Outsourcing initiative of the year:

• SSC model for Voivodship administration (Ministry of Administration and Digitalization and PwC Poland)

Category: Real Estate:

Best new office development for BPO/SSC sectors:

• Green Day (Wroclaw)

Category: Personnel/Staffing:

Best Employer of the Year – BPO/Outsourcing:

• HP Global e-Business Operations BPO

Best Employer of the Year – Shared Services – Poland:

• State Street

Best Employer of the Year – Shared Services – Rest of CEE:

• Western Union Processing (Lithuania)

Business Centre Manager of the Year – BPO:

• CPL Integrated Services

Business Centre Manager of the Year – Shared Services:

• CBRE Corporate Outsourcing

Best Recruitment Firm of the Year:

• Hays Poland and Hays Hungary

Category: Professional Advisory

Best Advisory Services Firm of the Year:

• PwC Poland

Best Real Estae Advisory Services Firm of the Year:

• Jones Lang LaSalle

Category: Unique Services

Most unique services provider – Poland:

• MULTIPOSTING

Most unique services provider – Rest of CEE:

• MANN+HUMMEL Service (Czech)

Category: Cities

Top “Newcomer” City of the year – CEE:

• Lublin

Best City of the Year – Poland:

• Krakow

Best City of the year – Rest of CEE:

• Vilnius

Category: Firms

Best Shared Services firm of the year – CEE:

• Citi Service Center Poland

Best BPO firm of the year – Poland:

• HP Global e-Business Operations

Best BPO firm of the year - Rest of CEE:

• Conectys (Romania)

Best IT firm of the year – Poland:

• Atos IT Services

Best IT firm of the year – Rest of CEE:

• NFQ Solutions (Lithuania)

More on CEE Outsourcing and Shared Services Awards gala at www.ceeoutsourcingawards.com

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