33 Winners at 12th annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards

277 top execs from 103 Business Services Centers across CEE attended the 12th annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards.


119 top companies were Short-Listed as finalists in 33 Awards categories.


In a tight competition among world-class firms, votes from our 25-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: Rzeszów
  
• Most “Dynamically Developing” City – CEE: Riga
  
• Most “Dynamically Developing” City – Poland: Poznań
  
• Most-promising New-entrant BSC (Poland): ISS Finance Service Center
  
• Most-promising New-entrant BSC (Lithuania): Johnson Matthey GBS
  
• Most-promising New-entrant BSC (Hungary): NIO Business Services
  
• Most-promising New-entrant BSC (Latvia): Roche Services & Solutions EMEA Top Diversity & Inclusion Initiative – CEE: Dexcom Lithuania
  
• Top Diversity & Inclusion Initiative – Poland: Mercer Services Poland
  
• Best University-Business Cooperation of the Year – CEE: Moody's Corporation Best University-Business Cooperation of the Year – Poland: Euroclear Bank
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Hungary: Tesco Business Solutions & Technology
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Romania: Booking Holdings Romania
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Latvia: MSC Shared Service Center Riga
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Lithuania: Cencora
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Czech Republic: Savencia Services Europe
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Slovakia: Holcim EBS
  
• Top AI or Process-Automation Implementation – CEE: SEB Global Services
  
• Top AI or Process-Automation Implementation – Poland: Harmodesk
  
• Top Tech/IT Services provider CEE: Stefanini
  
• Top Employer Branding Initiative – CEE: Cognizant Technology Solutions
  
• Top Employer Branding Initiative – Poland: HEINEKEN GBS
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Warsaw: DANONE
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Kraków: HEINEKEN GBS
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Poznań: Miele Global Services
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Gdańsk/Gdynia: ARLA Global Shared Services
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Katowice: PwC Service Delivery Center
  
• Most Vibrant Employer – Wrocław: Gates Business Services Europe
  
• Top CSR Initiative – CEE: Telia Global Services Lithuania
  
• Top CSR Initiative – Poland: Marsh European Business Support Centre
  
• Top BSC HR Director – CEE: Citco Fund Service Lithuania (Dovile Kazakeviciene)
  
• Business Centre Director – BSC – CEE: PwC (Lviv) - Taras Skyba
  
• Business Centre Director – BSC – Poland: Euroclear Bank (Stephane Bernard)
  

This 12th annual event was organized by European Business Services Association and CEE Business Media, and MC'ed by Thom Barnhardt.


The Awards were preceded by the 2-day Summit, with 44 Panelists and Speakers on topics top-of-mind for BSC execs, including 17 Showcase Presentations of top BSCs from across CEE.


Partners of the event included: Transparent, Steelcase, AICPA-CIMA, Adaptive, Cencora, High Radius, Proservartner, HIPA Hungary, City of Pecs (Hungary), PWC, and Itelence.


Attendees: Top execs from the region's leading Business Services Centres attended, including from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. Additional guests joined from UK, USA, France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and Finland.


Companies attending included:
ABB, ABSL Latvia,ABSL Romania,Adaptive SAG,AFR,AICPA-CIMA,Alcon,All Funds,Allianz Services,Amadeus,AmCham Slovakia,Antal,Aptiv,Arxada, ASPIRE,Avon,AXA XL,Booking Holdings,Capita,CEE Business Media,Cencora,Citco Fund Services Lithuania,Cognizant Technology Solutions,Colliers,Cushman & Wakefield Polska, CzechInvest,Danish Crown,Danone,Danske Bank Lithuania,Dexcom,DNB Bank,Eaton,EDP,
Elanco Solution Center,Euroclear,European Business Services Association,Fab Lab Iasi,Gates Business Services Europe,Gates Business Services Europe,Giglife,H4H,Harmodesk,Heineken,
High Radius,HIPA Hungary,Holcim,HRS Group,Huntsman (Poland),IBA Group,IG Group,INVEST IN POMERANIA,Invest Lithuania,ISS World Services Poland,Itelence,Johnson Matthey Global Solutions,JTI GBS Poland,Kimberly Clark EMEA GBS Services,Linklaters,LTTS,Malecki Executive Search,Markant Services International, Marsh,Mercer,Metsä Wood,Metso Global Business Services,Mettler Toledo,Moderna Enterprise Solution Hub,Moody's Lithuania,MSA Safety,MSC Shared Service Center Riga,NIO,Nordea,OMV AG,Orlen,Page Executive,Pandora,Pecs, City of,Porsche Holding,Proservartner,PS-BPO,PWC,Randstad Sourceright Kft,RandstadSourceright,Riga Investment and Tourism Agency,Roche Services & Solutions Riga,Rzeszow, City of,SARIO Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency,Savencia,SD Worx Poland,SEB Global Services,Sii,Societe Generale Global Solution Centre,Sony Music,Standard Chartered,Steelcase,Strategic Staffing Solutions, Telia Global Services Lithuania,Tesco Business Services,ThyssenKrupp,Transparent,Trivium Packaging,Verita HR Polska,Vodafone Intelligent Solutions (_VOIS),Weleda,Worldline.


Save the Date: 5-6 March 2025 for the 13h annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards.




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