The Awards Gala is preceded by 2-days CEE Business Services Summit, with key topics such GBS Transformation, AI-applied to GBS processes, a Geopolitical overview of the CEE/Baltics region, and 10+ Showcase Presentations, diving deep into select GBS centres and their processes.
The following top companies have been short-listed:
Best City: “After-Care Investor Services”:
City of Riga Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra – LIAA
City of Vilnius (Invest Lithuania
City of Katowice Magdalena Kolka, Ph.D.
Best University-Business Cooperation of the Year:
Debrecen Business Service Centers Robert Hosszu
Körber Hungária Gépgyártó Zoltan Varga
MSC Shared Service Center Riga Rodion Shiryayev
Rocket Software Lithuania, UAB Elinga Kavaliauskiene
PwC Service Delivery Center Andrzej Paschek
Capita Edyta Izabela Gluszek I EMBA
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Prabal Datta
IBM International Services Centre s.r.o. Alica Bilicka
Cognizant Technology Solutions Lithuania Erik Hechmann
Western Union Gabrielė Vaščilė
Business Centre Director – GBS – CEE:
Atea Global Services Roberts Eberlins
MSC Shared Service Center Riga Rodion Shiryayev
ORLEN Centrum Usług Korporacyjnych Tomasz Horaček
Business Centre Director – GBS – Poland:
DSV Thomas Jansson
ISS Paweł Rowicki
Sterling Harry Virdee BEM
Emerging City of the Year:
City of Riga Linda Helmane
City of Kaunas Tadas Stankevičius
City of Katowice – City of Gardens: EU 2016 Capital of Culture
Most Vibrant Employer:
Accedia Nikolay Mutafov
Elevate Change Ivaylo Slavov
Tata Consultancy Services
Trivium Packaging BSC, Europe Timea Radics
Atea Global Services Ltd.
GoCardless Peteris Dalins
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company Shared Service Center Riga
Cencora / World Courier Lithuania Lukas Jankauskas
Devoteam Lithuania Darius Janulevicius
Gurtam
LITIT Kristina Kikalieneė
Nasdaq Arminta Saladziene
Sterling Outsourcing
GSD Solutions Ella Danu
Holcim European Business Services Carlo G. Peretti
Lenovo (Slovakia) s.r.o. David Reilly
JLR (Jaguar Land Rover)(Hungary)
Sanofi (Hungary)
Zabka Polska
Most-promising New-entrant “Business Services” Investor:
Epta International Kft.
Norse Atlantic Airways Valdis Zeps
Danone
Top AI Application or Implementation Project of the Year (3 Winners in this category):
IBM Services Centre
Stefanini Group Farlei Kothe
Tesco Business Solutions Hungary Manish Sethi
Roche Services & Solutions EMEA (Riga & Budapest) Arno Kamm Evija Celma
Tata Group Consultancy Services Ltd.
IBA Group Irina Kiptikova
Randstad Enterprise Dorota Zabłocka
Process Solutions Kft. Andrew Majlath
Atea Global Services
Holcim European Business Services
Accedia
Elevate Change
Devoteam Gert Jan van Halem
Gurtam
Top CSR Initiative:
IBM Fridrich Matejik
EPAM Systems Imre Branyiczki
EPTA INTERNATIONAL Kft.
Randstad Enterprise
Cencora / World Courier Lithuania
Citco Lithuania Šarūnas Šuipis
Dexcom Lithuania
Johnson Matthey Global Business Services Lithuania Mariano Andrade Gonzalez
EPAM Systems Lithuania Linas Grinevicius
Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) Romania Anca Fotache
IBM Romania Andrei Costin Ionescu
Holcim European Business Services
Danone Blagovesta Karemova
EY Global Services (Poland) Dominik Woźniak
HEINEKEN Global Shared Services Gerard Vries
ORLEN Centrum Usług Korporacyjnych Sp. z o.o.
Philips Capability Center Łódź Bartosz Budzewski
PwC Service Delivery Center
Sii Poland
Capita
Western Union
Top Employer Branding Initiative:
Lexmark Budapest Competence Center Gabriella Fodor
Rocket Software Lithuania, UAB
Alcon
Top GBS Transformation Initiative of the Year – CEE/Baltics:
Elevate Change
Cencora / World Courier Lithuania
Dexcom
Johnson Matthey
Cognizant Technology Solutions Lithuania
Western Union
Top GBS Transformation Initiative of the Year – Poland:
Adaptive Group
DANONE
ORLEN Centrum Usług Korporacyjnych
Rockwell Automation
Plus8Soft
Zabka Polska Karim Sylla Kinga Kurlit
Top IT Outsourcing Services Partner in CEE:
Accedia
ITELENCE Szymon Stadnik
Stefanini Group