2026 EMMAs shortlist

 

CORPORATE AWARDS

Best Redesign of a Global Mobility Strategy

Kindly sponsored by Centuro Global

  • AstraZeneca - Transforming International Experiences
  • Baker Hughes - Executing a Human Centric Mobility Strategy in One Year
  • Booking.com - Creating a More Strategic and Resilient Mobility Function
  • Danfoss - Redefining Why and How People Move
  • Endava Global Mobility Redesign - Fit for Strategy
  • EPAM Talent Mobility - OneMobility Transformation
  • JLR - Forging a New Immigration Talent Strategy
  • PEAK Wind - Supporting International Growth
  • Rolls-Royce – From a Transactional Function to a Strategic Enabler
  • Thoughtworks - Route Agnostic International Assignment Policy Architecture

Best Talent Mobility Strategy

Kindly sponsored by Cartus

  • AstraZeneca - Flexibility Without Complexity
  • Baker Hughes - Talent-Focused Innovation
  • EPAM Talent Mobility - Making Mobility a Business-Enabler
  • JLR - A Targeted Talent & Immigration Strategy

Global Mobility Team of the Year

Kindly sponsored by Vialto

  • Aviva Plc Mobility Team - Success Measured by Impact
  • Baker Hughes Mobility - Sustaining a 'Seat at the Table' through Execution
  • Cloudflare Global Mobility - Built from Zero, Scaled for Growth
  • EPAM Talent Mobility - Ukraine-based Team
  • PEAK Wind - Global Mobility Team - Lean Function, Broad Impact
  • Rolls-Royce – A Blueprint for Business
  • Thoughtworks' Mobility CoE - Driving Long-term Change

Outstanding Corporate Agility or Crisis Management

  • Booking.com B.V. - A Controlled, Co-ordinated Response to Crisis
  • Delivery Hero - Pivoting to Transform International Compliance and Remote Work
  • EPAM Talent Mobility - FD Mobility Integration
  • HelloFresh - Costs Down, Experience Up: Policy Redesign and Globalization in Times of Financial Hardship
  • PEAK Wind - Resilience Through Crisis Response and Governance

OPEN TO ALL

Best Business Travel Management

  • Booking.com B.V. - The Route to Efficient and Scalable Business Travel
  • Centuro Global - Transforming Business Travel
  • EY Business Travel Compliance – Transforming Global Business Travel Compliance Through Automation and SAP Technology
  • premote - Adaptive Travel Compliance Management
  • Topia - Horizon: Changing the Business Travel Dynamic
  • Vialto - Vialto Navigate: Business Travel, Reimagined
  • VisaDoc - All-in-one Business Visa Platform

Best Employee Experience & Engagement

  • Heart Relocation - A People-first Culture
  • NetExpat - Partner 360 Transformation
  • Roche with Deloitte + Equus Software - A Human-centric Approach
  • Superhuman - Roots & Routes - The Superhuman Relocation Experience
  • The IMPACT Group - A Holistic Approach

Best Global Mobility Sustainability Initiative of the Year

  • Cartus - Excellence in Sustainability, Innovation and Community Impact
  • NBCUniversal - Beyond the Move: Redefining Sustainable Mobility
  • Oasis Corporate Housing – From Measurement to Meaningful Change
  • RelocateU - Sustainability Embedded in Every Stay
  • Santa Fe Relocation - Embedding Sustainability Across the Business

Best Partnership Between a Corporate Organization and a Service Provider

  • Agratas & K2 Partnership - Creating a Scalable Mobility Program Together
  • AstraZeneca & Weichert Workforce Mobility - Partnership as a Driving Force
  • Baker Hughes & Cartus - Accelerating Innovation for People and Planet
  • BAE Systems & Equus Software - Driving Meaningful Business Transformation
  • CGI & Benivo - Impact Beyond the Mobility Function
  • Delivery Hero & EY - Delivering Strategic Value
  • EPAM Talent Mobility & Topia - A Truly Supportive Partnership
  • Halliburton & AltoVita - Delivering on Business Priorities
  • JTI & Icon Relocation - Turning Data into Decisions
  • KPMG & NetExpat - Repositioning Repatriation
  • Microsoft & Sirva - A Shared Vision for the Future
  • Roche & Deloitte - Two Teams, One Direction, One Shared Belief
  • Rolls-Royce & EY + Aires - A True Three-Party Partnership
  • Salesforce & Centuro Global - A Shared Vision
  • Takeda & Global Expat Pay + WHR - Shared Goals
  • Talent Beyond Boundaries & Fragomen - Shaping Talent Mobility Pathway
  • Twilio & Erickson Immigration Group (EIG) - A Partnership with Innovation at its Heart

Best Partnership Between Service Providers

  • AltoVita + Fragomen MENA - Powering a New Move
  • BiCortex Languages & Translations + ProfOrg Global Mobility - Going Beyond Technical Expertise
  • Cartus + Certino - Driving Mobility Innovation
  • Crowe LLC + Heart Relocation - Shaping the Future of Mobility Through Partnership
  • Graebel + GET AI - Modernising Global Relocation Service Orders with Agentic AI
  • LTC Language Solutions + Sterling Lexicon - Perfecting the Personal and Practical
  • Nomad + Sirva - Building a Fully Integrated Model
  • Santa Fe Relocation + The Cozm Partnership - Aligned Intelligence
  • Servicengine + Global IQ - Delivering Transformation Through an Integrated Technology and Data Solution

Most Innovative Use of Technology in Global Mobility - Assignee Management

  • AECOM & Equus Software - A Tailored Solution
  • Aires - AI Digital Experience
  • AltoVita - Real-Time Connectivity Across Extended-Stay Accommodation
  • Booking.com B.V. - B.Moved
  • Bristol - BristolElite Technology Platform
  • Centuro Global - The Travel Compliance Assistant
  • EY - Managing Mobility in Microsoft Teams
  • Immidart Technologies - Immidart Enterprise
  • Oasis Corporate Housing – Metis: Technology with People in Mind
  • premote - AI Native Global Mobility Operations
  • ReloQuest - RQi7 - Multi-service, Single-source Platform
  • Topia - Horizon
  • Weichert Workforce Mobility - The Evolution of Weichert Go

Most Innovative Use of Technology in Global Mobility - Bespoke Solutions

  • ASML & EY myTravel - From Travel Assessment to a Mobility Compliance Ecosystem
  • Benivo - MI 2.0 (Mobility Intelligence)
  • Cloudflare Global Mobility Hub - Bespoke AI, Built In-House with Zero Engineering Budget
  • Erickson Immigration Group & Twilio - Automated Material Change Assessment Tool
  • Fragomen - Work Technology Tools
  • Global Expat Pay - GEP's Global Mobility Platform
  • Global LT - Amplify: Keeping Learning Alive
  • HelloFresh - Your Journey, Simplified: Doing More with Less
  • Marsh - The Benefits You Travel App
  • NetExpat - PartnerJob® Explorer
  • premote - Managing Global PE Risks Effectively
  • The Cozm - Automated Cross-Border Compliance & the First Digital Global Mobility Workforce
  • Topia - Horizon Cost Simulations
  • Workflex Assignments - Compliance Platform

Thought Leadership – Best Survey or Research Study of the Year

  • Deloitte LLP & Raconteur - A New Age of Talent Agility
  • ECA - Global Mobility Now 2026: Benchmarking the Future of Global Mobility
  • Employee Mobility Solutions (EMS) in collaboration with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - International Social Security Study
  • Fragomen - Worldwide Immigration Trends Report 2026
  • GEM - Global Workforce Deployment Survey 2026
  • Graebel - The Workforce Imperative: Bringing the C-Suite Voice to Global Mobility
  • Marsh - Three Major Studies
  • NetExpat EY 2026 - Relocating Family Support Survey
  • Santa Fe Relocation - Global Mobility Surveys
  • Sterling Lexicon - 2026 Global Mobility Blueprint Research Study
  • Topia - AI Inflection Point Report
  • Weichert Workforce Mobility - Designing Mobility for Success Research Project

SERVICE PROVIDER AWARDS

Best Banking, Tax or Financial Services Provider of the Year

  • Atlas Wealth Group - Supporting Australian Expats
  • Blick Rothenberg Global Mobility Team - Making the Complex Workable
  • Global Expat Pay — Bringing Visibility and Control to the Financial Management of Global Mobility
  • Vialto Tax - VIA and VialtoDirect Innovations

Best Compensation or Benefits Provider of the Year

  • BiCortex Languages & Translations - A Culture of Excellence
  • Global Expat Pay — Turning Compensation Chaos into a Controlled Operating Model

Corporate Housing Provider of the Year

  • Nomad - A Consistent, Scalable System
  • Oasis Corporate Housing – Making Global Housing Feel Local
  • RelocateU - A purpose-led Approach
  • ReloQuest - RQi7: More Than an Efficiency Tool
  • SilverDoor - An Expanding and Robust Service Model
  • Urban Rest - On a Mission to ‘Bring Joy to Work Travel’

Destination Services Provider of the Year

  • HelpXpat Relocations - People. Places. Partnerships
  • Icon Relocation - In-house Expertise Across the Relocation Process
  • Living Abroad - The World's Virtual DSP
  • NetExpat - Partner 360 Transformation
  • Principal Relocation Company - A Passion for Doing Things Differently
  • Relocity - Pairing Personal Hosts and Top Technology
  • Santa Fe Relocation - Combining Human Expertise, Innovation and Meaningful Support
  • The IMPACT Group - A 1:Me Approach

Immigration Provider of the Year

  • Centuro Global - Combining Proprietary Technology and Expert-verified Regulatory Intelligence
  • Employee Mobility Solutions - Turning Immigration Complexity into Mobility that Works
  • Erickson Immigration Group - Redefining Modern Immigration Support
  • Forvis Mazars - An Integrated Workforce Mobility Partner
  • Fragomen - Transforming Immigration Through Workforce Intelligence
  • Morton Fraser MacRoberts - Adding Strategic Value
  • Santa Fe Relocation - Combining Global Scale, Local Expertise and Intelligent Technology with Personal Support
  • Vialto Immigration - Innovation in Our DNA

International Health, Wellbeing or Security Management Provider of the Year

  • Awayward - Redefining International Healthcare
  • Living Abroad LLC - Helping Assignees to Thrive

International Moving Company of the Year

  • Pickfords Relocation - Meeting the Changing Needs of Assignees
  • Premier Relocation - Supporting Organisational Performance
  • Santa Fe Relocation - Bringing Worlds Together

Outstanding Agility & Crisis Management as a Service Provider

  • Fragomen - An Integrated Crisis Model for the Middle East
  • SilverDoor - From Crisis-Specific Innovation to Global Standard Protocol
  • Vialto - Turning Uncertainty into Decision-making and Resilience
  • Workflex - Workflex SOS

Relocation Management Company of the Year

  • Benivo - More than an RMC
  • Bristol - Disciplined Governance, Strong Partnerships and Operational Reliability
  • Cartus - Cartus Insignia: Purpose-Built Excellence for Small-to-Midsized Mobility Programmes
  • Heart Relocation - A People-centred Model of Excellence
  • NEI Global Relocation - Turning Mobility Complexity into Measurable Business Value
  • Sirva Relocation - Building the World’s Largest Integrated Ecosystem for Relocation and Moving
  • Weichert Workforce Mobility - Innovation with Purpose

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Global Mobility Rising Star of The Year

  • Isabel Macias - COWI UK Ltd
  • Max Levine - Awayward
  • Mia Bruce - Heart Relocation
  • Monique Raupp - Sterna Abogados
  • Xena Ku - Vialto

Global Mobility Professional of the Year (CHOSEN BY YOU)

  • Prasanna Aravamudhan - Infosys Limited
  • Charlie Dyer - Topia
  • Orlagh Mailey - Deel
  • Claire Nilson - Faegre Drinker
  • Benjamin Oghene - The Cozm
  • Jeanette Ryan – ECA
  • Ingrid van Arendonk - Vialto

The Outstanding Contribution to Global Mobility

In the gift of FEM and to be announced at the EMMAs ceremony