On November 13, 2025, during the Appian Europe event, Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) revealed the winners of its annual Partner Awards. This prestigious accolade honors partners who have successfully utilized the company’s AI and process orchestration capabilities to drive measurable transformations for their clients. The award-winning firms showcased the strategic potential of comprehensive automation within various global markets.
Scott Van Valkenburgh, Senior Vice President of Global Partners & Alliances at Appian, emphasized the pivotal role of their partners in the company’s global operations. He stated, "When we combine our platform with their expertise, we accelerate innovation and provide greater value to our clients." Vicky Nisbet, Senior Vice President EMEA at Appian, further elaborated, highlighting the essential role these partners play in translating strategic goals into tangible outcomes for customers, particularly in Europe. "This year’s winners showcase how our partner ecosystem accelerates platform adoption and ensures customer success on the ground, scaling measurable value enterprise-wide across the market."
The 2025 awards acknowledged exceptional accomplishments, value delivery, and customer growth, with notable winners including:
Delivery Award Winner: Accenture
Accenture leveraged its extensive project portfolio in Europe to advance large-scale transformations with Appian at its core. Their commitment to customer success is evident through high-quality program execution that consistently exceeds client expectations. For instance, in Spain, Accenture collaborates with a leading bank to implement a multi-year transformation program powered by Appian, incorporating AI-driven automation and advanced dashboards, thereby enhancing process transparency and reducing time to market. In Italy, Accenture facilitated the integration of Appian within municipal governments, automating processes and merging critical systems to eliminate a two-year backlog, reducing processing times from weeks to just two days.
Growth Award Winner: Indra Group
The Indra Group reported remarkable revenue growth over the previous year, successfully expanding its Appian practice across diverse global markets. Their strategic approach to replicate successful solutions and targeted talent development has led to a 35% annual increase in Appian-related contract value and an 8.5-fold pipeline growth since 2023, significantly driving digital transformation for their clients.
Transformation Award Winner: Xebia
Xebia's implementation of an enterprise-wide operational model on the Appian platform for a leading pharmaceutical company served as a central orchestration layer for various systems and user groups worldwide. This transformation drastically accelerated crucial processes, minimized costs, and set new benchmarks for agility and compliance in clinical operations, earning Xebia recognition for measurable and impactful large-scale business transformations.
Innovation Award Winners: EY and hiberus
EY deployed a modular Appian platform within just six months to optimize asset management firms’ manual onboarding processes for funds, utilizing Generative AI for smart document processing and automated workflows across the entire fund lifecycle. The implementation resulted in a 30% increase in operational efficiency and ensured 100% compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Hiberus developed an intelligent platform based on Appian for a significant government agency managing public funding, which allowed for customization of forms, workflows, and rules without programming, leading to a 40% reduction in processing times.
Additional Award Winners: NTT Data and Waivgen
NTT Data’s Appian-centered program served as a core business orchestration layer, capitalizing on Appian’s native AI capabilities to automate workflows for application, data, and case management, achieving an 80% reduction in manual interventions and a 75% faster case processing time. Waivgen executed a comprehensive compliance transformation for a major UK retail and business bank by implementing EngaigeQ—an agent-based AI framework, anticipating a 50% decrease in application development time and annual savings of £2.3 million.
Conclusion
This year’s Partner Awards reflect Appian’s commitment to fostering innovation and effective partnerships that propel significant changes in various sectors. For more information about Appian's partner program, visit
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