WNS Announces Changes to the Board of Directors
October 16 2013 - 6:04AM
Business Wire
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global
Business Process Management (BPM) services, today announced that,
effective January 1, 2014, Vice Chairman Adrian T. Dillon, who
joined the Company’s Board of Directors in September, 2012, will
assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dillon will
replace Eric B. Herr, who was recently appointed Chairman of the
New Hampshire Governor’s Commission on State Government Innovation,
Efficiency and Transparency. Herr will remain on the WNS Board.
Dillon is currently a member of the Board of Directors, and
Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee of Williams-Sonoma, Inc, a
specialty retailer of high-quality home products. During his
career, Dillon has held key finance roles including Chief Financial
and Administrative Officer at Skype Limited and EVP, Finance and
Administration and Chief Financial Officer at Agilent
Technologies.
The Company also announced that Gareth Williams and Michael
Menezes have been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors
effective January 1, 2014. Richard Bernays, who joined the WNS
Board at the completion of the company’s initial public offering in
2006, will retire effective December 31, 2013.
Gareth Williams was until recently the human resources director
of Diageo, plc, one of the world’s leading premium drink
businesses. Williams held a series of increasingly responsible HR
positions with Grand Metropolitan, plc in North America and the UK
from 1984 to 1998, leading up to the merger with Guinness that
formed Diageo. He was appointed head of HR for Diageo in January
1999.
Michael Menezes has over 20 years of international experience as
a CFO and CEO in the Financial Services, Consumer Goods and
Agribusiness Sectors. Most recently, he was the CFO, Technology,
Operations and Corporate Group at Bank of Montreal from 2000 to
2012. In his previous roles, Menezes worked as the CFO for ONIC
(Holding) and for ITC Ltd in India for over 20 years in various
senior Finance roles and as CEO of ITC Agro Tech Ltd.
“We are pleased to announce the addition of Gareth Williams and
Michael Menezes to the WNS Board, and look forward to benefitting
from their relationships, experience and unique business
perspectives,” said Eric B. Herr, Chairman of the Board of
Directors. “On behalf of the entire Board, I would like to thank
Richard Bernays for his dedicated service and significant
contributions to WNS over the past 7 years.”
About WNSWNS (Holdings) Limited
(NYSE: WNS), is a leading global business process management
company. WNS offers business value to 200+ global clients by
combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key
industry verticals including Travel, Insurance, Banking and
Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged
Goods, Shipping and Logistics and Healthcare and Utilities. WNS
delivers an entire spectrum of business process management services
such as finance and accounting, customer care, technology
solutions, research and analytics and industry specific back office
and front office processes. As of September 30, 2013, WNS had
26,630 professionals across 32 delivery centers worldwide including
China, Costa Rica, India, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South
Africa, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the United States. For more
information, visit www.wns.com.
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