Short-List Announced for CEE Business Services Awards

101 Companies Short-Listed for the 8th annual "CEE Business Services Awards", set for the 29-30th January, 2020 at Hotel Intercontinental in Warsaw.
Full Short-List of 101 companies.
More than 300 guests are expected from more than 55 Shared Services firms that have well-established or new Shared Services centres in central eastern Europe. The 2-days of 3 conferences features 37+ Speakers and Panelists. The evening Awards Gala is an excellent peer-to-peer networking event for the region's top Business Services firms.
Pre-Day (29th January) Conferences:
“HR in BSC Forum" Agenda.
“CEE RPA/Process Automation Workshop" Agenda:

Summit Agenda (30th January).

Jury Members.



FINAL SHORT-LIST of COMPANIES:

Most “Dynamically Developing” City – CEE:

• Bratislava
• Vilnius

Most “Dynamically Developing” City – Poland:

• Bydgoszcz
• Katowice
• Kraków
• Łódź
• Poznań
• Tricity
• Wrocław

Emerging City of the Year – CEE:

• Debrecen, Hungary
• Kaunas, Lithuania
• Klaipėda, Lithuania
• Košice, Slovakia
• Lviv, Ukraine
• Riga, Latvia

Emerging City of the Year – SEE:

• Chisinau, Moldova
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Tbilisi, Georgia

Emerging City of the Year – Poland:

• Opole
• Lublin

Best University-Business Cooperation of the Year – CEE:

• Cognizant & ISM University of Management and Economics (Cognizant Technology Solutions)
• BESPIRITED case study game (Diageo Business Services Budapest)
• Diehl Aviation strategic collaboration programme with the University of Debrecen (Diehl Aviation)
• Harman Dual Internship Program (Harman International)
• Co-Creating Smart Digital Future (IBA Group)
• IBM Slovakia Undergraduate Programs (IBM)
• IT Expert project (Lviv IT Cluster)
• Moody’s – ISM University - Excellent 100 Partnership Programme
• Cooperation with main Latvian universities: (MSC Shared Service Center Riga)
• Vilnius University, Institute of Data Science and Digital Technology (Western Union Processing Lithuania)

Best University-Business Cooperation of the Year – Poland:

• CIMA CEE University Management Accounting Days Project (CIMA/AICPA)
• Sector Skills Council for the Business Services Sector (ASPIRE)
• Cracow University of Economics (Euroclear Bank)
• HSBC Quants Academy (HSBC Service Delivery (Polska))
• Lodz University of Technology – Institute of Mathematics (Infosys Poland)
• WSZiB Dual Studies Program (Aon and Jacobs)

Most Vibrant Workplace – CEE:

• Avis Budget Group BSC
• Cognizant Technology Solutions
• Danske Bank Lithuania
• Deutsche Telekom Services Europe Slovakia
• Swedbank
• T-Systems Slovakia
• Tata Consultancy Services (Hungary)
• Tieto Latvia
• Wix.com

Most Vibrant Workplace – Poland:

• Brown Brothers Harriman
• Capita
• Cisco
• Citi Solutions Center Poland
• Devire
• HEINEKEN Global Shared Services
• O-I Business Center Service
• OpsTalent (Poland)
• Signify Poland, Łódź
• Whirlpool Company Polska

Top Robotics Implementation of the Year:

• Cognizant Technology Solutions: “Do-Think-Learn”
• Connections Consult (RO) – SAM Robot for Medicover
• Danske Bank Group IT Lithuania (DGITL): “NorthStar: Create Credit Application and Leasing Agreement”
• Deutsche Telekom Services Europe Slovakia: “Smart Data Extraction”
• Digital Teammates: Rent-a-Robot
• DSV International Shared Services: “Master Data Management Robot”
• IBA Group: “Insurance Medical Claims Automation”
• Kemira Gdansk: “Felicia” payments robot
• PKP Energetyka CUW: “Value Realization through RPA”
• SEB Global Services: “Quattro – digitilization of Audit processes”

New-entrant BSC of the Year:

• KPMG Ukraine – Lwiv
• McKesson Corporation – Vilnius
• Moody's Corporation – Vilnius
• Nilfisk – Nagykanizsa (Hu)
• PWC – Lwiv
• Schaeffler Global Services Europe – Wroclaw
• World Courier (AmerisourceBergen) – Vilnius

Business Services Firm of the Year – Baltics:

• allnex
• CIRCLE K Business Centre
• Citco Vilnius
• EVRY Latvia
• MSC Shared Service Center Riga
• SEB Bank
• Telia
• Yara (Lithuania)

Business Services Firm of the Year – Hungary:

• Avis Budget Group Business Support Center
• Diageo Business Services Budapest
• UNICEF

Business Services Firm of the Year – CEE:

• BULPROS Consulting
• Deutsche Telekom Services Europe Slovakia
• Western Union Processing Lithuania

Business Services Firm of the Year – Poland:

• 3M Global Service Center Poland
• Cisco
• Citi Solutions Center Poland
• DFDS Polska
• Frista Retail Business Center
• JLL Group Services
• PwC, Financial Crime Unit Poland
• Signify Poland Łódź

Top Financial Services BSC Firm of the Year (CEE):

• Citco Vilnius
• Danske Bank
• Nasdaq Technology and Business Services
• PwC, Financial Crime Unit Poland
• Western Union Processing Lithuania

Best Services Provider – pan-European (BPO):

• Citco Vilnius
• Cognizant Technology Solutions
• HCL Technologies Limited
• Impact Advisory zrt (in association with Dentons Europe)
• Tata Consultancy Services (Hungary)

Top Digital Services Provider – CEE:

• Avenga
• Cognizant Technology Solutions
• Connections Consult (RO)
• HCL Technologies Limited
• Tata Consultancy Services (Hungary)

Top Digital Services Provider – Poland:

• EPAM Systems
• Sii Poland

Top Employer Branding Initiative – CEE:

• Booking.com: “Expand Horizons” Global Employer Brand campaign
• BP Business Service Centre (Hu): “10th anniversary – multiple events”
• Cognizant Technology Solutions: “Summer is Coming” Game of Thrones recruitment
• Danske Bank Group IT Lithuania (DGITL): “Future Pros programme”
• ExxonMobil GBC Hungary: “Cinema Image campaign”
• IBM International Services Centre: “IBM Fest”
• Soitron: “Soitron-x” Talks
• Tata Consultancy Services (Hu): “You Make Us Colourful” campaign

Top Employer Branding Initiative – Poland:

• AICPA / CIMA: “CIMA Money Talks”
• Aon: “Aon Empowering Talks”
• DSV International Shared Services: “Gamification via DSSV ISSC App”
• State Street Bank International: “Fearless Girl comes from New York to Poland”

Top CSR Initiative of the Year – CEE:

• Adient Slovakia - Going Green initiative
• BP BSC - Donation of laptops for underprivileged groups
• EPAM Systems - Junior Ignite Camp
• ExxonMobil GBC Hungary - Community Investment
• Groupon - Volunteer-a-thon (VaT)
• IBA Group - Journey Across Technologies
• Infosys Poland - Access Lodz, Dream Catcher
• Moody’s - Proud Support of Baltic Pride
• Soitron - Helping children with cancer continue with education
• Western Union Processing Lithuania - Education for Better

Top CSR Initiative of the Year – Poland:

• Aon - Aon IT Education for Kids
• Euroclear Bank - community projects as part of our 50th anniversary
• Fujitsu Technology Solutions - GRiP (GDSU Responsible Business Program)
• Orange Polska SSC - Volunteering in SSC
• Sii Poland - Sii Power Volunteers
• State Street Bank Polska - High Impact Grant
• Stefanini - One Child One Backpack

Top BSC HR Director of the Year:

• 3M Global Service Center Poland, Anna Majer
• Circle K Business Centre (Warsaw and Riga), Katarzyna Peda
• Nasdaq Technology and Business Services (Vilnius), Rita Cepinskiene
• SEB Bank, Ruta Valatkiene

Business Centre Manager of the Year – SSC – CEE:

• Atea Global Services, Alise Vilka
• Avis Budget Group BSC, Edoardo Peniche
• BT (British Telecommunications), Zoltan Szabo
• Danske Bank Lithuania, Rosita Vasilkeviciute
• Deutsche Telekom Services Europe Slovakia, Marek Resovsky
• ExxonMobil GBC Hungary, Romke Noordhuis
• Fujitsu Global Delivery Center Poland, Marcin Debowski
• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Hu), Prabal Datta
• Yara (Lithuania), Beda Merkelbach

Business Centre Manager of the Year – SSC – Poland:

• 3M Global Service Center Poland, Rafal Olejniczak
• Cisco, Ramon Tancinco
• Citi Solutions Center Poland, Iwona Dudzinska
• EPAM Systems Poland, Daria Gara
• Frista Retail Business Center, Szymon Stadnik