CEE BUSINESS SERVICES SUMMIT & AWARDS
Distinguishing Top Companies and Executive Leadership in CEE's Business Services Sectors
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is well-established as a world-class destination for Shared Services Centres, GBS, and R&D centres – as well as BPO investment. With Poland the strongest location in the region, other countries such as Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania and Latvia are important investment destinations.
Global shared services firms, business services projects and sector professionals will be presented with awards of acknowledgment – by an independent jury from the industry – for their contribution to the development of the business services sector in CEE for 2025.
Global shared services firms, business services projects and sector professionals will be presented with awards of acknowledgment – by an independent jury from the industry – for their contribution to the development of the business services sector in CEE for 2025.
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CEE Business Services Summit & Awards - 2026The leading annual Awards event for CEE Business Services Centres across Central Eastern Europe. BSC Directors attend from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
WHEN AND WHERE? 25-26 February, 2026, Warsaw, Poland |
24 Winners at 13th annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards 2025
251 top execs from 111 Business Services Centers across CEE and Baltics attended the 13th annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards.
89 top companies were Short-Listed as finalists in 24 Awards categories.
In a tight competition among world-class firms, votes from our 27-member VIP Jury were combined with our Popular Vote from all attendees via the Brella platform. The combined voting distinguished the following winners:
251 top execs from 111 Business Services Centers across CEE and Baltics attended the 13th annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards.
89 top companies were Short-Listed as finalists in 24 Awards categories.
In a tight competition among world-class firms, votes from our 27-member VIP Jury were combined with our Popular Vote from all attendees via the Brella platform. The combined voting distinguished the following winners:
- Emerging City of the Year – CEE: City of Debrecen
- Most “Dynamically Developing” City – Poland: City of Gdańsk/Gdynia (Tricity)
- Most “Dynamically Developing” City – CEE: City of Riga
- Top CSR Initiative – Poland: Aptiv
- Top CSR Initiative – CEE: Cencora / World Courier Lithuania
- Most-promising New-entrant “Business Services” Investor: Tech Mahindra Limited
- Top Employer Branding Initiative – Poland: Danone
- Top Employer Branding Initiative – CEE: Trivium Packaging BSC, Europe
- Top IT Outsourcing Services Partner in CEE: Sii Poland
- Top Customer Experience Provider (BPO): Sterling
- Top Diversity & Inclusion Initiative – Poland: HEINEKEN Global Shared Services
- Top Diversity & Inclusion Initiative – CEE: Moody's Lithuania
- Best University-Business Cooperation of the Year: Alcon
- Business Centre Director – GBS – CEE: Holcim
- Business Centre Director – GBS – Poland: Hapag-Lloyd Knowledge Center
- Top GBS HR Director – CEE: Booking Holdings Romania
- Most Vibrant Employer – Slovakia: ING Hubs Slovakia
- Most Vibrant Employer – Hungary: Roche Services & Solutions EMEA
- Most Vibrant Employer – Romania: Booking Holdings Romania
- Most Vibrant Employer – Latvia: GoCardless
- Most Vibrant Employer – Lithuania: Citco Vilnius
- Most Vibrant Employer – Poland: HEINEKEN Global Shared Services
- Top GBS Transformation Initiative of the Year: Dexcom Lithuania
- Top AI or Process-Automation Project of the Year: Danske Bank Lithuania
