HGS USA President Wins Silver Stevie® Award for Female Executive of the Year

CHICAGO, Nov. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Hinduja Global Solutions Limited (HGS), (listed on National Stock Exchange & Mumbai Stock Exchange in India) a global leader in business process management, today announced that president of HGS USA Kathy Hamburger was named the winner of a Silver Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year in the 12^th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business.

Hamburger successfully led HGS USA through a significant transformation over the past year. Under her leadership, HGS USA launched a new site in Texas and strengthened its capabilities in a number of key markets, including consumer goods and electronics, healthcare and insurance.

"I'm honored to be recognized alongside such an impressive roster of accomplished executives," Hamburger said. "HGS is one of the most decorated players in the industry. This award is more evidence of our success and the talent of my team that continues to inspire me each and every day."

Judges called Hamburger a "game changer" and cited her industry leadership in optimizing the customer experience along with "impressive financial achievements" for the award.

Hamburger's accomplishments include the development of a 75-seat, multi-channel consumer affairs process center, the acquisition of a majority stake in a CRM healthcare partner and growing the firm's digital-enablement expertise.

"We are again humbled by the accomplishments of so many high-achieving women in this program," said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of the Stevie Awards. "Their work is an inspiration to girls and women around the world who dream of starting and growing a business, managing a leading company, or improving their community.  We congratulate all of this year's Grand, Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners."

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world's top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run.  All individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The 2015 awards received entries from 31 nations and territories.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for "crowned," the awards were presented to winners November 13, 2015 during a dinner event attended by more than 400 people at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. More than 1,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in more than 90 categories, including Entrepreneur of the Year, Executive of the Year, Company of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Women Run Workplace of the Year, among others. 

About HGS
HGS is a leader in optimizing the customer experience and helping clients to become more competitive. HGS provides a full suite of business process management services from marketing and digital enablement services, consumer interaction services to platform enabling back office business services. By applying analytics and interaction expertise to deliver innovation and thought leadership, HGS increases revenue, improves operating efficiency and helps retain valuable customers. HGS expertise spans the telecommunications and media, healthcare, insurance, banking, consumer electronics and technology, retail, consumer packaged goods industries, and the public sector. HGS operates on a global landscape with 40,000 employees in 65 worldwide locations delivering localized solutions. For the year ended 31st March 2015, HGS posted revenue of US $ 458 million. HGS, part of the multi-billion dollar Hinduja Group, has over four decades of experience working with some of the world's most recognized brands.

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in six programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

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