Shiv Nadar honored with top British investment award

New Delhi: The UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) conferred Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL and Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer, HCL Technologies with the prestigious Businessperson of the Year award for 2009. The award was presented by the UK Minister for Trade, Investment & Business, Lord Mervyn Davies in the presence of the British High Commissioner in India, Richard Stagg – at a high profile award ceremony at the Hotel Taj Palace & Chambers, Mumbai.

The Businessperson of the year award recognizes an individual who with his business vision and acumen has overcome intense competition and a challenging business environment to achieve significant business success. The award is in recognition of HCL’s pioneering investments in the UK and for Shiv Nadar’s direction in establishing HCL as a leading global technology player.

Responding to the recognition, Shiv Nadar said, “Even as India and UK as nations have deep historic ties, UK holds a special place for us at HCL. It is where HCL pioneered the very concept of on-shore delivery with our investments in Northern Ireland. And I believe over the years we have been able to add our own bit perhaps, to the local economy. Our work in the UK has grown not just in volume but the value we are able to deliver to our partners in UK; and from UK to the rest of the world. About 90% of our Europe presence is out of UK. Many of our recent large transformational partnerships are with UK companies; and what I believe is a game-changing acquisition – Axon, is a UK company. We are proud now to be there as HCL-AXON.”
HCL has established an enviable business presence in UK as early as 2001 with the acquisition of the the BT Apollo Contact Centre, strategic transformational partnerships with large UK companies such as DSG and Skandia; and most recently, the largest ever acquisition in the tech space by an Indian corporate, of Axon, which has established a global leadership position for HCL in the SAP consulting space.

“This itself speaks volumes about our wonderful experience of working in the UK and I am certain that there will be a similar growth path in the future. This award is an acknowledgment of our efforts in the UK and it is my privilege to receive it on behalf of 60000 HCLites across the globe, especially my fellow HCLites in UK.” Mr Nadar added.

About HCL

HCL is a $5 billion leading global Technology and IT Enterprise that comprises two companies listed in India – HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India’s original IT garage start-ups, a pioneer of modern computing, and a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings spans Product Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team comprises over 60,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 26 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms. For more information, please visit www.hcl.in

About HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its inception into the global landscape after its IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on ‘transformational outsourcing’, underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 20 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom, Retail & CPG, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Travel, Transportation & Logistics, Automotive, Government, Energy & Utilities. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of ‘Employee First’ which empowers our 54,216 transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, had consolidated revenues of US$ 2.2 billion (Rs. 10,591 crores), as on 30th June 2009. For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com