Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2016 Winners Edition

www.finance-monthly.com USA Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2016 Firm Profile EXL (NASDAQ:EXLS) is a leading operations management and analytics company that helps businesses enhance growth and profitability in the face of relentless competition and continuous disruption. Using our proprietary award- winning Business EXLerator Framework™, which integrates analytics, automation, benchmarking, BPO, consulting, industry best practices and technology platforms, EXL looks deeper to help companies improve global operations, enhance data-driven insights, increase customer satisfaction, and manage risk and compliance. EXL’s Finance & Accounting practice focuses on helping CFOs influence enterprise-wide strategy and provide insights that improve business performance and better manage risk.  Through a global approach the practice offers full suite of Finance & Accounting services that extend well beyond transactional F&A BPO. It takes a targeted, industry- centric approach, whether implementing global-delivery models, redesigning processes for dozens of business units, creating shared services centers, optimizing ongoing SOX programs, or redesigning cost-allocation models.  With over 7,500 professionals, it is founded on Big 4 experience and degreed, certified F&A professionals.  Over the past year, EXL’s Finance & Accounting practice has been included in the “Winner’s Circle” in “HfS Blueprint: Finance As-a-Service 2016” and as a “Major Contender” in Everest Group’s “Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2016”. The company as a whole was included in the 2015 Forbes list of the 100 most trustworthy companies in America. Dedicated to the pursuit of being a responsible corporate citizen, EXL is committed to finding meaningful ways to help the communities in which it operates and serves. These include education initiatives that include funding schools and scholarships, as well as purchasing clothing, computers, food and other materials in all our locations. EXL also supports recycling initiatives and has managed programs including disaster relief efforts. EXL serves the insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, utilities, travel, transportation and logistics industries. Headquartered in New York, New York, EXL has approximately 25,000 professionals in locations throughout the United States, Europe, Asia (primarily India and Philippines), Latin America, Australia and South Africa. To learn more visit www.exlservice.com Contact Details Vishal Chhibbar Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, EXL (NASDAQ:EXLS) Web: www.exlservice.com Vishal Chhibbar EVP & CFO at EXL Service About Vishal Chhibbar Vishal Chhibbar has over 25 years of extensive experience working with blue chip companies in the areas of M&A, business & financial planning, strategy formulation and evaluation, joint venture management, SEC financial accounting & reporting, procurement, treasury & risk management in diverse markets and economic cycles. Vishal currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EXL Service.  Under Vishal’s leadership, EXL Service developed a disciplined global financial strategy supported by best-in-class systems and procedures, and has led EXL Service to significant growth in revenue, market cap and a strong balance sheet. In addition to the current role, Vishal is also the head of Finance and Accounting business at EXL. Vishal joined EXL in 2009 and since then, EXL’s EBITDA has grown from $38 million to more than $115 million in 2015 and its market cap increased from 0.3 billion to $1.8 billion today. Vishal has led the company’s strategic growth initiatives which are designed to enhance the economic value of the company. During his tenure at EXL, Vishal has accomplished nine acquisitions and played a catalytic role in key investment decisions to drive business objectives and build capability for the organization to stay ahead of the curve. Under his stewardship and continuous focus on corporate governance and reliability of the information, EXL has earned the trust of investors and the market for the financial integrity of company’s performance. EXL was recognized as one of “The 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America” for the year 2015 by Forbes, a leading business magazine in the US and stood at 36th as overall rank Today, EXL has key marquee investors and a strong investor base. Apart from this, Vishal works with NASSCOM, AMCHAM and other industry to contribute and influence policy making. He works with his peer group to share best practices and industry updates. Before joining EXL, Vishal was with GE Capital for over 10 years.  His senior leadership roles included Regional Head of Group Financial Planning for Strategy and Treasury, GE Capital, Australia and New Zealand, and Chief Financial Officer in South Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia. Prior to this, Vishal spent the earlier part of his career at American Express Bank as well as Xerox in India. Vishal is a Chartered Accountant and an Associate Member of Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) Australia and Six Sigma Black Belt Certified. 48