Short-List Announced - 110 companies - at CEE Business Services Awards, 30-31 January, Warsaw

The 30-member Jury has returned preliminary results for the 7th annual CEE Business Services Awards, 30-31 January, Warsaw – and the following companies have been Short-Listed for the Awards.

This year we are expecting a sold-out audience of 300+ top executives from more than 25 countries - with more than 50 being international firms from western Europe, Scandinavia, United States, UK and India - interested in setting up, expanding, or optimizing their business services centres in central Europe.

Thanks to all the world-class companies that submitted Nominations!
Tickets (limited) can be reserved here: http://ceeoutsourcingawards.com/attendence/

Short-Listed Companies 2019:

BPO Firm of the Year:
Cognizant Technology Solutions
FRISTA Retail Business Center
innotec International AD
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Hungary Branch
Connections (Romania)
Stefanini

Business Centre Manager – BPO:
Capgemini Business Services (Wojciech Cichon)
FRISTA Retail Business Center (Szymon Stadnik)
SCC Services Romania (Mihai Bondar)
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Hungary (Prabal Datta)

Business Centre Manager – SSC – CEE:
3m Global Service Center Poland (Rafal Olejniczak)
Booking.com (Simbula Salvatore)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (Kim Leandersson)
Danske Bank Global Services Lithuania (Rosita Vasilkeviciute)
Eaton Enterprises (Hungary) Kft. (Csaba Szende)
Henkel Slovensko (Christian Schulz)
Kellogg's (Kim Karstensen)
SEB (Ruta Jasiulioniene)
Tele2 Shared Service Center (Colin Leigh)
Telia (Marius Ivanauskas)

Business Centre Manager – SSC – Poland:
Cisco Systems Poland (Krakow) (Ramon Tancino)
Citibank Europe plc (Iwona Dudzinska)
Dentons Business Services EMEA (Piotr Macieja)
DFDS Polska (Radek Mierzejewski)
GSK Services (Sebastian Drzewiecki)
Orange Polska (Michal Wierzbowski)
RBS (Neil Walker)

Business Services Firm – the Baltics:
allnex
CIRCLE K BUSINESS CENTRE
DNB bank ASA Latvijas filiale
EVRY
MSC Shared Service Center Riga SIA
Nasdaq Technology and Business Support Competence Center
Outokumpu
SEB
Tele2 Shared Service Center
Telia
Western Union

Business Services Firm – CEE:
Henkel Slovensko
Soitron
Swiss Re

Business Services Firm – Hungary:
AGCO Budapest Service Delivery Center
Air France - KLM
Diageo Business Services Ltd
Eaton Enterprises (Hungary) Kft.
Morgan Stanley
National Instruments, EMEIA Shared Service Center, Debrecen, Hungary

Business Services Firm – Poland:
3M Global Service Center Poland
Cisco Systems Poland (Cisco Global Customer Experience Center in Krakow)
Dentons Business Services EMEA
DFDS POLSKA SP. Z O.O.
Fujitsu
PKP Energetyka Centrum Usług Współnych
PwC Service Delivery Center
StateStreet
Whirlpool

CSR Initiative – CEE:
Cognizant Technology Solutions (“Outreach Hungary”)
Dell Slovakia (Dell Volunteers Project Management)
EPAM Systems (eKids Belarus)
Henkel Slovensko (Sustainability Ambassadors)
IT Services Hungary (IT Education Program for Roma children)
Kellogg's (Hope and Homes Association Collaboration)
Morgan Stanley (Hungary Charity Program)
T-Systems Slovakia (AjTy (IT) Senior)
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Hungary (Opening New Horizons to Disadvantaged Children through goIT)
Western Union (Education for better)

CSR Initiative – Poland:
Capgemini Polska (Project Theater)
Citi Service Center Poland (Citi Global Community Day)
Fujitsu (Appreciation Day)
GSK Services (Orange Days @ Business Service Center GSK IT)
National Westminster Bank (Natwest LGBT+ Diamonds 2018 Awards)
PwC (Business vs smog)
Sii Poland (Sii Runs 40th PZU Warsaw Marathon)

Digital Services Firm – CEE:
BULPROS
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Conduent
EPAM Systems
IBM International Services Centre s.r.o.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Hungary Branch
TransUnion
Softserve

Digital Services Firm – Poland:
Aspire Systems Poland (Goyello)
Connectis_
EPAM Systems
FRISTA
Sii Poland

Dynamically Developing City – CEE:
Vilnius
Budapest
Sofia
Belgrad

Dynamically Developing City – Poland:
Pomerania (Gdansk/Gdynia)
Łódź
Lublin
Poznan
Katowice
Wroclaw (ARAW)

Emerging City – CEE:
Kaunas (Lithuania)
Lviv
Riga
Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
Athens
Vojdovina (Serbia)

Emerging City – Poland:
Bydgoszcz
Szczecin
Rzeszow
Opole

Employer Branding Initiative:
BP Ltd. (BP Sing-Along)
Capgemini Polska
Citi Service Center Poland (High School Technology Attraction)
Conduent
ExxonMobil Business Support Center Hungary Ltd.
Fujitsu Technology Solutions (Operation Fujitsu: KAT-E)
IBM International Services Centre s.r.o. (IBM FEST Slovakia)
If P&C Insurance AS Latvian branch
Luxoft (Brazilian Recruitment Project)
Morgan Stanley (Chess Picnic and Ted-X Partnership)
Pfizer - Global Financial Solutions
Sii Poland (Great Place to Work)
Tata Consultancy Services Hungary (MAX at your service: AI in Recruitment)

HR Director of the Year: Atea Global Services (Dace Tavare)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (Edita Znutiene)
Conduent (Florentina Vasiliu)
Nasdaq Technology and Business Support Competence Center (Rita Cepinskiene)
SCC Services Romania (Catalin Constantin)
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Ruta Valatkiene)
Stefanini (Olga Botusan)
Tata Consultancy Serivces Ltd. Hungary (Gabriella Zaharia)
Western Union (Zivile Valeisiene)

New Entrant – SSC:
Bazaarvoice UAB (Vilnius)
Booking.com (Vilnius)
Centric IT Solutions Lithuania (Kaunas)
NKT Lithuania (Kaunas)
PwC (Lwiv, Ukraine)
Stefanini (Opole)
Yara International (Vilnius)
Standard Chartered (Warsaw)
London Stock Exchange (Bucharest)
FORD Hungary

RPA Implementation of the Year:
3M Service Center EMEA
Amer Sports
Avis Budget Group Business Support Center
Capgemini Business Services
Electrolux AB
National Westminster Bank Plc
Orange Polska
PwC Advisory
SEB
Swiss Re

Unique Services Provider – CEE:
CLOUDAGENTS Zrt.
Danske Bank Lithuania
Impact Advisory - In Association with Dentons LLP
Intetics Inc.
NFQ Technologies, UAB
QArea
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Hungary Branch
Telia

Unique Services Provider – Poland:
Competence Call Center
MoneyGram Poland
PwC Financial Crime Unit
Sii Poland

University–Business Cooperation:
ASPIRE (The Future of Global Business Services)
State Street (Dual Education Programme - State Street & WSB in Gdansk)
BNP Paribas Securities Services (Kozminski University Partnership)
BP Ltd. (SSC Course at University of Szeged)
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, CIMA (Partnership with Wroclaw University of Economics)
Citi Service Center Poland (AML Specialization – Kozminski University)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (ISM University Partnership)
Conduent (Refurbished Classrooms)
Debrecen Business Service Centers Roundtable
Educatie Informala SA (Romania)(The Informal School of IT)
EPAM Systems (Belarus)(University Program)
IBM International Services Centre (Slovakia)(IBM University-Academic Programs Slovakia)
IT Services Hungary (E-LIT Program)

Vibrant Workplace – Poland (Company, Office Name, Developer):
3M GSC Poland (Dubois 41, Nacarat)
Aon Sp. z o.o. (Enterprise Park, Avestus)
Cisco Systems Poland (Enterprise Park, Avestus)
Fujitsu (Nowa Fabryczna, Skanska)
GSK Services (Business Garden, Vastint)
PwC Service Delivery Center (Silesia Business Park, Skanska)
Whirlpool Company Polska (Nowa Fabryczna, Skanska)
State Street (Gdansk - Titanium (Alchemia); Krakow - Kazimierz Office Centre, .BIG, Bonarka, Edison)

Vibrant Workplace – CEE (Company, Office Name, Developer):
Adform Lithuania (Premium in Vilnius, Kauna Horse Post Station, Evolis)
AGCO Budapest Service Delivery Center (Office Garden IIL, GRT Group)
allnex (Astras Business Centers, Mcity)
Avis Budget Group Business Support Center (Green House Office, Skanska)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (Mill Park, Skanska)
Danske Bank Lithuania (Danske Campus, MMM Projektai)
ExxonMobil Business Support Center Hungary (CenterPoint, GTC)
Johnson Controls International (Slovakia)(Panorama Business II, JTRE)
Kellogg's (Floreasca Park)
Nasdaq Technology and Business Support Competence Center (k29, Lords LB AM)
Pfizer - Global Financial Solutions
Swiss Re (Bratislava)(Twin City B, HR Reavis)