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HCL Tech highlights strong Nordic growth

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BANGALORE, INDIA: HCL Technologies today announced a number of appointments in the Nordic region, along with a contract with OP Pohjola, the largest Financial services group in Finland. HCL will deliver these services to OP Pohjola through its Global Delivery Centres in India as well as locally in Finland.

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The services contract with Pohjola covers implementation and support and maintenance of a claims management solution, along with delivery of a turn-key centralised claims management software solution that shall be created on top of the standard software platform of Guidewire Software.

Pekka Sarvi-Peräkylä, senior vice president, OP Pohjola said, “HCL understands insurance business, standardisation of services and can support our business locally with utilisation of a global delivery with a strong focus on value added delivery.”

“Increasingly financial services organisations are seeking to improve claims management processes to gain the competitive advantage. By implementing a centralised claims management solution with standardised services and value added delivery, OP Pohjola will be able to deliver greater efficiencies to customers in the long term,” said Stuart Drew, executive vice president, HCL financial services Europe.

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Apart from this, HCL has appointed Vesa Siitari, head of HCL Finland, and Per Hove as head of HCL’s business in Norway, to lead the regional expansion. Vesa Siitari has been appointed to lead and implement HCL’s business strategy for Manufacturing, Hi-tech, Telecommunications, Media and Retail client segments, as well as be the head of HCL’s business in Finland, while Per Hove has been appointed to lead and implement HCLs business strategy for public services, including logistics and energy and utilities, and be the head of HCLs business in Norway.

Liselotte Hägertz Engstam, VP, head HCL Nordic region said, “HCL has been successful and fast-growing in our region by focusing on delivering innovation and long-term value, and we are seeing a great interest from these markets. Per Hove and Vesa Siitari’s appointments demonstrate our commitment to growth in the region and complements our earlier appointment of Morten Osted, HCLs country head in Denmark.”

Meanwhile, HCL Technologies also announced that it has signed a multi year end-to-end IT Infrastructure Management engagement with pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma L.P. The scope of this engagement covers management of two data centers and all remote locations of the client in the U.S.

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