MUMBAI, India & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2007--WNS
(Holdings) Limited (NYSE:WNS), a leading provider of offshore business
process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced the appointment of
Sir Anthony Greener to its Board of Directors.
Sir Anthony, 67, will replace Guy Sochovsky, who will retire from
the Board effective July 24, 2007, and as a result, the majority of
WNS' seven-member Board will be comprised of independent directors.
"We are pleased to be able to successfully conclude another of the
commitments that we made during our IPO," said Neeraj Bhargava, Group
Chief Executive Officer. "Sir Anthony brings to WNS an extensive
background, experience and leadership that will complement our
existing Board strengths and will be a terrific asset to management as
WNS continues to expand globally."
Sir Anthony joins WNS after retiring from British Telecom plc (BT)
in September 2006, where he served as Deputy Chairman of the Board. He
was Chairman of Diageo plc through 2000, where he led the GBP 23
billion merger of Guinness plc and Grand Metropolitan plc, which was
the largest merger ever in the UK at that time.
As Chief Executive of Dunhill Holdings, Sir Anthony transformed
that company from a small company focused on smoking-related
businesses, into a significant international luxury products group. He
has also served on the Boards of Robert Mondavi, French luxury goods
and drinks group Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), Reed
International, and Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch publishing company
He currently serves as Chairman of the Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority in the United Kingdom.
About WNS
WNS is a leading provider of offshore business process
outsourcing, or BPO, services. We provide comprehensive data, voice
and analytical services that are underpinned by our expertise in our
target industry sectors. We transfer the execution of the business
processes of our clients, which are typically companies located in
Europe and North America, to our delivery centers located primarily in
India. We provide high quality execution of client processes, monitor
these processes against multiple performance metrics, and seek to
improve them on an ongoing basis.
Our ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For more
information, please visit our website at www.wnsgs.com.
CONTACT: Investors:
WNS (Holdings) Limited
Senior VP -- Investor Relations
Jay Venkateswaran, +1 212 599 6960
ir@wnsgs.com
or
Media:
The Torrenzano Group
Al Bellenchia, +1 212 681 1700 ext. 156
abellenchia@torrenzano.com
SOURCE: WNS (Holdings) Limited