WNS (Holdings) Limited, a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced that Rick Sturge has joined WNS in London as deputy managing director for Europe.

Sturge will be responsible for driving the firm's business development efforts, particularly in the travel and leisure and finance and accounting sectors.

Sturge is a CA by profession with over 25 years of diverse experience in business development, finance and transformation, outsourcing and finance and accounting. He joined WNS from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), where he was head, strategic development. He has also worked in executive roles with Serco, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture.