Outsourcing and Offshore Group

At a glance: The Outsourcing & Offshore Group represents 365 members from the wider outsourcing and offshore vendor communities, including the suppliers of outsourced solutions and services, software companies offering offshore services to the UK marker, consultants, advisors and intermediaries.

	Chair Gavin Bowden-Hall Symbia Biography		Vice Chair Richard Sykes Sole Partner, 'Dr Richard Sykes' Biography
			Vice Chair Paul Robb IBM Biography

Meeting dates

Meeting dates to follow shortly

Focus: Promoting informed analysis and debate, the group draws on the breadth of experience across its membership and ultimately works to improve effectiveness of all members. It presents networking opportunities, education and market intelligence to companies interested in outsourcing, offshore and the global trade in services.

Key focus areas:

• Producing industry comment and obtaining recognition as an independent advisory group
• Lobbying the wider stakeholder community
• Producing information and guidance for members
• Ensuring members are key opinion formers in the outsourcing and offshore marketplace, and working to publicise their position on key issues and produce opinion papers

Current activities

• Intellect's Offshore Futures Report - the most detailed assessment to date of the direction of offshoring over the next five years
• Product Development Outsourcing Seminar, 24 February 2009

The group is also looking to run sessions on the following topics:

• The impact of the recession on outsourcing and offshoring
• Offshoring and the public sector
• Diversity and equality in outsourcing - what responsibility to outsourcers have to invest in the communities they outsource to?
• The impact of Indian companies as significant players in the UK market

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