EQUATERRA AWARDED OUTSOURCING ADVISOR OF THE YEAR 2006
BY HR OUTSOURCING ASSOCIATION EUROPE

LONDON (November 8, 2006) — EquaTerra, the multi-national outsourcing and insourcing advisory firm, has won the Human Resources Outsourcing Association (HROA) Europe’s Advisor of the Year 2006 award.

In presenting the Award, Richard Crespin, Executive Director of HROA explained that EquaTerra’s advisory work on the Unilever deal in particular had taken best practice in HR outsourcing to a new level. He remarked that EquaTerra’s strength is in linking strategy to delivery, and making sure the balance between supplier and client is built upon the “art of what’s possible.”

Nick Andrews, Managing Director, EquaTerra Europe says, “This Award acknowledges our ability to support the complex HR outsourcing needs of multinational organisations. Companies work with us because of our deep industry knowledge and functional expertise, which enables us to get to what matters to help transform their HR processes effectively and efficiently.”

The award was presented at HRO World Europe, the largest and most comprehensive HR transformation conference in Europe. It brings together more than 350 senior executives from over 20 countries to exchange views and experiences on how to transform human resources activities within complex organisations.

Nominations for these prestigious industry awards can only be made by Founding Members of the HROA Europe. Each year this means that only those professionals and corporations that have made a measurable difference in the HRO marketplace within the last 12 months, or who have achieved widespread recognition for recent contributions, can be nominated.