Scandent Solutions Ltd. Appoints Wesley O’Brien as President Of Subsidiary Cambridge Integrated Services

Greenwich, Conn. – April 12, 2006: Scandent Solutions Ltd. today announced the appointment of Wesley O'Brien as President of its subsidiary, Cambridge Integrated Services, a leading claims and loss cost management company.  In his new role, O'Brien will focus upon maintaining the company’s strong financial strength and competitive position, as well as continuing the innovative programs and best practices through which Cambridge has set the performance standards for the claims management industry.  

“Wesley O’Brien is a seasoned executive with a track record of achieving strong growth, enhancing customer service and satisfaction, and building strong teams,” said Chris Sinclair, executive chairman and CEO of Scandent Solutions Ltd. “I am excited to have a leader of Wes' caliber join us at Cambridge as we continue to realize our vision to be the premier service provider that achieves continuous excellence in quality and outcomes improvement for our clients.”

O’Brien brings more than 25 years of experience in managing the high growth and operational excellence required for both start-up and blue-chip companies in domestic and international markets. O’Brien’s expertise and business acumen will also strengthen and integrate Cambridge’s human resources, financial and delivery functions.

Prior to joining Cambridge, O’Brien was President of CPR Consulting, an independent consulting firm that he founded in 2003 which specializes in identifying and cultivating operational excellence including change management, operational due diligence, internal and external marketing communications, and employee recognition.

Earlier in his career, O’Brien headed the small business unit of MCI where he served in various executive capacities, including four years as Vice President and General Manager of MCI’s $1.5 billion Small Business Division.  O’Brien also served as CEO of Trescom International Corporation, an international communications and long distance company, and CEO, President and Chief Operating Officer of Precision Response Corporation, a U.S.-based customer service company with more than 15,000 service professionals worldwide. While at PRC, O’Brien transformed the organization by expanding overseas, introducing online training, developing interactive web-based service solutions and succeeding in more than doubling revenue and profitability. 

O’Brien will be based at Cambridge’s U.S. headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut.

About Scandent Solutions Corporation Ltd.
Scandent is a broad based IT services company that offers business consulting, application implementation, software engineering, maintenance and support services.  It is promoted by Scandent Group, which has in its fold IT (Scandent Solutions) and BPO (Cambridge) companies that collectively employ over 3,500 professionals serving customers on 4 continents through over 70 locations worldwide. Scandent strives to deliver differentiated solutions with impeccable quality.

The IT services of the firm include strategy, application implementation, software engineering and support solutions. BPO services focus on process consulting; transaction processing including mortgage application and renewal; medical billing; finance, accounting, and banking back office support; insurance claims administration and processing; inbound and outbound contact centers to support all of these activities; and other transaction processes that require knowledge-based decision making. 

With offices in the U.S.A., U.K., India, Singapore and Australia, Scandent serves Fortune 500 firms, insurance and financial services companies, and public entities around the world.  The company’s BPO subsidiary, Cambridge Integrated Services,  was named one of the top three performing BPO companies by Global Services media and neoIT, a leading offshore outsourcing advisory firm, in 2006, and was recently ranked as the 28th leading outsourcing company in the world in the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)’s “2006 Global Outsourcing 100” list, that appeared in a special advertising section in Fortune Magazine.

On March 13, 2006, the Honorable High Court of Karnataka approved the merger between Scandent Solutions Corp. Ltd., and Cambridge Services Holdings, LLC. The resultant merged entity is being renamed as Cambridge Solutions Ltd.

For more information, visit: www.cambridgesolutionsltd.com.

Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this release are forward looking statements which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services, including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns in fixed price, fixed time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, etc. The company does not undertake to update any forward looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company.

Media Contacts:

Melissa Arulappan
Corporate Voice|Weber Shandwick
Phone: (91)-98450-22389
melissa@corvoshandwick.co.in

Scandent Solutions Corp Ltd.
Pradeep Chaudhry, CFO
Phone: (91)-98860-10174
pradeep.chaudhry@scandent.com

Scandent Solutions Corp. Ltd.
Satyen Patel, Exec Vice Chairman
Phone: (91)-99456-89631
satyen.patel@scandent.com

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