Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services have appointed Chris Lawrence as Head of Media Consulting for UK and Ireland. Prior to joining Cognizant, Chris was Media Principal at Atos (formerly Siemens IT Solutions and Services and BBC Technology).

Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, today announced it has been selected by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) to be a key supplier as part of its Strategic Outsourcing Framework Agreement (SOFA). Erevena are currently working with Cognizant to source a Director for Media Consulting in the UK.

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Siegel and Gale, the global strategic branding and communications firm look to drive its European growth with the appointment of Jonathan Elliot as Business Development Director for UK and Philipp Scherf as Business Development Director for the DACH region.

For the first time since the list was introduced Cognizant has appeared in the Financial Times 500 – the annual list of the world’s largest companies. Cognizant was ranked No. 370, based on a reported market cap of $24.763 billion and FY2010 revenue of $4.59 billion.

Xerox Global Services, the global technology services and BPO provider, partners with Erevena Professional Services in the appointment of its strategically important Client Managing Director to lead the global relationship with investment banking giant Credit Suisse.