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WNS Names Arjun Singh to Lead Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Unit.


MUMBAI, India & NEW YORK -- WNS WNS Washington (DC) Numismatic Society
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 (Holdings) Limited (NYSE NYSE

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:WNS), the parent company of WNS Global Services, a leading offshore business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in  (BPO BPO Business Process Outsourcing
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) provider, today announced the appointment of Arjun Singh as Chief Executive Officer of its Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI BFSI Banking, Financial Services and Insurance
BFSI Banking, Finance, Security and Insurance
) business unit.

Previously, Ramesh N. Shah, the Chairman of WNS (Holdings), had been serving as interim CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the BFSI business unit.

"Arjun brings a unique combination of international financial services, BPO and customer service expertise to this position," said Neeraj Bhargava, Group Chief Executive Officer, WNS Global Services. "As such, he is uniquely qualified to lead the expansion of this growing business unit, and further enhance the high-quality service delivery our customers have come to expect."

Mr Singh joins WNS from ABN AMRO, Amsterdam, where, as regional director of client service, he had responsibility for major corporate clients in 22 countries across Europe. Previously, he was the quality and Six Sigma leader for Gecis (now Genpact), where he received GE's highest performance award for his work to build the customer service business. He started his career with Unilever, India (Brooke Bond India Ltd.), and has also held senior positions at ANZ ANZ Australia and New Zealand
ANZ Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
ANZ Air New Zealand (NZ national airline) 
 Grindlays Bank (India and Melbourne).

Mr. Singh holds a post-graduate diploma in management, systems and finance, from the Indian Institute of Management, and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

WNS' BFSI unit encompasses services targeted to commercial and investment banks; mortgage banks and investors in mortgage-backed securities; financial advisors; property and casualty, life and health insurance; insurance brokers and loss assessors, and self-insured auto fleet owners. WNS' more than 125 clients include AVIVA, First Magnus Financial Corporation, IndyMac Bank and Marsh.

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 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
. For more information, please visit our website at www.wnsgs.com
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