Charles Hunting Joins as Asia CEO; Mitsuru Maekawa Focusing on Japan
Genpact Limited (NYSE: G), a global leader in business process and technology management, announces that it has bolstered its leadership team in Asia to strengthen its growth strategy in China and Japan, including a focus on the China-to-China market. Charles Hunting has been appointed chief executive officer, Asia, reporting to President and CEO Pramod Bhasin. Hunting brings more than 17 years of services experience to Genpact and will focus specifically on growing the China and Japan markets. Mitsuru Maekawa, one of the pioneers of the business process management industry in China, will be returning to Japan as vice chairman, Japan for Genpact.
Hunting will focus on driving business growth for this region and further leveraging key domain strengths across the company to anticipate client needs. He joins Genpact most recently from Accenture, where he was responsible for the outsourcing business in China and was part of the firm''s Asia-Pacific regional leadership team focusing on growth. A native of Australia, Hunting has been based in China for the past three years and brings an extensive understanding of the Asia Pacific market as he has worked in most economies in the region since 2000.
Hunting has also worked in India as country lead for Accenture''s outsourcing business there. He holds a bachelor''s degree in information technology from Queensland University of Technology in Australia.
As CEO of Genpact China and Japan over the past eight years, Maekawa-san''s vision has helped put Dalian on the global map. Under his leadership, Genpact received several prestigious awards from the China government and industry forums, including most recently being named one of the "Top 10 Global Service Providers in China" at the 3rd China International Service Outsourcing Cooperation Conference. Since Genpact opened the first BPM center in China in 2000, the company has expanded its China operations to four cities throughout the country, namely Dalian, Changchun, Shanghai, and Beijing, with over 3,000 employees.
In his new role as vice chairman of Japan, Maekawa-san will provide leadership advice and counsel to help build Genpact''s business development strategy for Japan. He will also drive special projects and initiatives while working closely with Hunting on the transition.
"Genpact is extremely proud of the work we have performed for our clients out of China over the past decade, and Maekawa-san''s outstanding leadership will now help us develop a strong presence in the Japan market," said Pramod Bhasin. "Charles Hunting brings a remarkable record of growth in China and the region to Genpact and will ensure that our current and prospective clients achieve the business impact they need from this continually-emerging market."
About Genpact
Genpact is a global leader in business process and technology management, offering a broad portfolio of enterprise and industry-specific services. The company manages over 3,000 processes for more than 400 clients worldwide. Putting process in the forefront, Genpact couples its deep process knowledge and insights with focused IT capabilities, targeted analytics and pragmatic reengineering to deliver comprehensive solutions for clients. Lean and Six Sigma are an integral part of Genpact''s culture and Genpact views the management of business processes as a science. Genpact has developed Smart Enterprise Processes (SEPSM), a groundbreaking, rigorously scientific methodology for managing business processes, which focuses on optimizing process effectiveness in addition to efficiency to deliver superior business outcomes. Services are seamlessly delivered from a global network of centers to meet a client''s business objectives, cultural and language needs and cost reduction goals. Learn more at www.genpact.com.
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