MEDIA COVERAGE

 

Examples of the type of press exposure to be expected at Asia CEO Forum events.   

 

Accenture Global BPO Head Interviewed by Chalre Associates senior staff   VIEW Entire Article   Pankaj Vaish is Managing Director of Accenture's global IT-BPO delivery operations.  With 75,000 people reporting to him in numerous countries, he is easily one of the world's leading decision makers in the field of Business Process Outsourcing.     The chairman of Chalre Association, Richard Mills, interviewed Pankaj  to get his opinions on the state of the global industry...  more

Africa, The Final Frontier for Outsourcing: Vidia Mooneegan Speaks by Chalre Associates senior staff   VIEW Entire Article   Africa is said by many to be the "final destination" for service outsourcing since it contains a vast under-utilized population who speak an abundance of European languages. As costs in some countries continue to escalate, locators are eager to move lower value tasks to affordable regions and Africa is set to becoming foremost among these.   For some background about this movement, I interviewed Vidia Mooneegan for ComputerWorld (USA) magazine. He is Managing Director of Ceridian Mauritius and one of the most experienced BPO leaders in the Africa region. He discusses his own country of Mauritius and its role in developing the BPO sector on the continent...   more

Australia at BPO Tipping Point: Anthony Seaegg Speaks by Chalre Associates senior staff   VIEW Entire Article   Chalre Associates Chairman, Richard Mills, interviewed Anthony Seaegg for ComputerWorld (US) magazine recently. He is National Chairman of the Australian Teleservices Association (ATA), the dominant industry body of the call center sector in Australia. He is also Asia Pacific Director of ICT Group, a premier global BPO operator.   Anthony Seaegg discribed the tremendous interest that has developed in his country for offshore outsourcing. With one of the world's strongest economies, Australia seems poised to play a major role as a source of new business for Asia-based BPO operators. The article is also posted permanently on the ComputerWorld website...  more

The State of BPO in Philippines: Dan Reyes Speaks by Chalre Associates senior staff   VIEW Entire Article   Richard Mills, Chairman of Chalre Associates, interviewed Dan Reyes of Sitel for ComputerWorld (US) recently to get his views on the state of the BPO industry in Philippines. Dan presented US readers with compelling information to support his view that Philippines is currently seen as the "Number 1" option by global companies sending BPO work to offshore destinations.    Dan Reyes is easily one of most experienced Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) managers in the Asia Pacific region and the world. He is head of the extremely successful Philippine operations of Sitel, the world's largest call center organization. Among other things, he is a founder and former president of the Business Processing Association of the Philippines...  more

Rewarding BPOs's - International ICT Awards Philippines 2008 by media journalists   VIEW Entire Article   Referring Article - "Organized by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (CanCham) in partnership with Business Processing Association of the Philippines, the International ICT Awards recognizes outstanding performance and contributions by organizations and individuals within the ICT community in the Philippines and Asia-Pacific region. The affair was attended by over 400 senior-level executives and professionals..." more

Outsourcing Industry Update by John Mangun   VIEW Entire Article   Referring Article - "I am indebted to my good friend Mr. Richard Mills, staunch supporter of Philippine outsourcing and Chairman of Chalre Associates, an executive search and management consulting firm. I do not mind giving Richard's company a pat on the back because he has been a great asset to the local industry..."  more

Working Abroad? Are You Crazy? by Rebecca Bustamante   VIEW Entire Article   Rebecca Bustamante, president of Chalre Associates, writes about the dramatically improving economic situation in Philippines and the impact this is having on local employment opportunities for professionals.  She says educated Filipinos have tremendous career advancement options at home and more are choosing to stay rather than venture overseas...  more

The Reign of the Filipino Manager by Chalre Associates senior staff   VIEW Entire Article   It used to be that executive positions of the world's great multinational organizations were tightly controlled in a top-down manner.  A revolution in leadership democracy has overthrown this cozy dictatorship...  more

Mining Interest High, But Where are the Engineer? by media journalist   VIEW Entire Article   Referring article -- "The global engineering sector has a critical problem these days to find the people it needs ... and the crisis [seems to be] more pronounced in the mining segment of engineering because of the peculiar nature of the business," said Mr. Mills, who is chairman of executive search firm Chalre Associates...  more

RP Gains From Rising Wages in India by media journalist   VIEW Entire Article   Referring article -- "Chalre Associates Chairman Richard Mills said the shift goes "beyond anecdotes. This is happening. Some companies have started to consider the Philippines as an alternative," Mr. Mills said in a separate interview...." more