Bangalore, India - June 17, 2010: Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced the official opening of its new office in Seoul, Korea and the appointment of Ki Young Jang as the Country Head for South Korea.

In the new role, Ki-Young will have overall responsibility for company’s business in the country and will be based out of the Seoul centre. While  building on the company's rapid expansion in the region, Ki-Young will oversee the ‘Go to Market’ strategy, drive revenue growth and leverage on Wipro’s strength in innovation, technology, process insight and globalization to further enhance the company’s position as a business transformation catalyst.

Ki-Young brings over 25 years of extensive experience across Sales, Marketing and Alliances. Prior to joining Wipro, Ki-Youn has worked with IBM & Bearing Point in Korea and held various senior managerial roles.

A growing region, Korea shows immense potential as an IT Services market and Wipro is looking at exponential growth of business in South Korea. In addition, Wipro has a number of large and global accounts based in South Korea. The appointment of Ki-Young exhibits Wipro’s commitment to the market and its outlook for growth and development. The company will offer product engineering services and cater to key verticals such as Technology, Manufacturing & Finance, and serve both local and global customers.

Commenting on his appointment, Rajat Mathur, Senior Vice President and Chief Sales and Operations Officer APAC, Wipro Technologies, said, “South Korea is an important market for us and in addition to our existing clients, we will be pursuing both new business and partnership opportunities. Korea has shown tremendous resilience in overcoming the global financial crisis and with leading global companies and other very large organizations based here; we strongly believe that we can bring value to them through our global experience and capabilities. Ki-Young’s extensive experience in South Korea will add immense value in taking Wipro’s commitment to the next level.”

“I am excited to join Wipro as it is among the leading IT Services players today and offers high-end IT consulting and Managed services across a broad spectrum of industry verticals. I look forward to be a part of Wipro and my focus would be to grow and strengthen our presence in Korea through customer relationships and augmenting the local staff” said Ki Young.

About Wipro
Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application management, and datacenter managed services to corporations globally.

In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.

Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS' are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange. 

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