WNS Appoints Alok Misra as Chief Financial Officer
February 05 2008 - 9:36AM
Business Wire
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE:WNS), the parent company of WNS Global
Services, a leading global business process outsourcing (�BPO�)
provider, today announced the appointment of Alok Misra , as Group
Chief Financial Officer with effect from February 18, 2008. "We are
delighted to have Alok Misra join our senior management team. Alok
is an accomplished finance professional with eighteen years of
public company experience, with a track record in the BPO industry.
We see Alok playing a critical role in WNS'�continuing growth as a
leading global BPO company," said Neeraj Bhargava, Group Chief
Executive Officer. Alok Misra joins WNS after holding the Group CFO
position at MphasiS, an Electronic Data Systems Corporation
company, where he has been a key member of the leadership team for
the last seven years and helped grow the organisation in that
period into one of the larger players in the information technology
and BPO industry including the strategic alignment with EDS. Prior
to MphasiS, Alok worked with ITC Limited, where his last assignment
was as the Financial Controller of a US$110 million project
involving the relocation of ITC's factory at Bangalore, India. He
is a frequent speaker at industry events and CFO forums and is a
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Alok
holds an honours degree in Commerce from Calcutta University and
has been a rank holder throughout his academic career with several
merit scholarships. About WNS WNS is a leading global Business
Process Outsourcing company. Deep industry and business process
knowledge, a partnership approach, comprehensive service offering
and a proven track record enables WNS to deliver business value to
leading companies in the world. With over 17,000 employees, WNS is
passionate about building a market leading company valued by our
clients, employees, business partners, investors and communities.
Our home page is www.wnsgs.com. Safe Harbor Statement under the
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