Globant appoints Stuart Deignan as UK MD to spearhead nationwide expansion

London –22 April 2021: Globant (NYSE: GLOB), the leading digitally native technology services company, has appointed Stuart Deignan as UK Managing Director to spearhead its nationwide expansion strategy and help companies to shift to Augmented Organizations.

Stuart will run and oversee all aspects of the Globant’s UK operations, including business development strategy and management of the overall client relationship to boost their business and help them to thrive in digital and cultural transformations.

Stuart is a charismatic leader with over 20 years of experience in digital, technology and business services. He will work to expand Globant’s UK market presence, promoting its extensive and impactful vision for reinventing the industry and providing organisations with innovative best-in-class end-to-end solutions.

Federico Pienovi, General Manager Europe & Asia commented: “We are delighted to have Stuart on board and to benefit from his experience in organisational change. Stuart will play a key role as we expand our footprint in the UK and in overseeing our studios’ efforts, augmenting our clients’ capabilities and providing them solutions to the most complex business problems.”

“For me, Globant is one of the most exciting tech organisations today- not just because of its scale and capabilities; it's exciting because of the passion each and every person in Globant has for technology, and how we can help our clients embrace technology to have a meaningful and transformative impact on their organisations, and their customers", Stuart Deignan, MD UK explains.“The UK is an important market both domestically and as a gateway to Europe and beyond. In my new role as UK Managing Director, I plan to replicate Globant’s explosive growth across LATAM and EMEA here in the UK."

Along with him, Vikas Krishan has joined Globant as Managing Director & Head of Clients, for leading strategic business initiatives, identifying innovative and technology convergence needs to scale our clients business. 

Globant’s fast growth rate globally has included the acquisition of financial services management consultancy Bluecap in Europe. Only recently, Globant also acquired CloudShift in the UK, expanding the company’s multi-cloud digital transformation capabilities. A long-standing player in the digital consultancy field, Globant has had its eyes on the UK as an important part of its global expansion and growth plan since it was born, as their first clients came from the UK. 

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About Globant

We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves to create a way forward and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale.

• We have more than 16,250 employees and we are present in 18 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
• We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by IDC's MarketScape report.
• We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.
• We are a member of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.

For more information, visit www.globant.com

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