KONE Company receives the title of Best Employer of the Year 2026 in the UAE

KONE, a global leader in vertical mobility solutions, elevators and escalators, has been named the Best Employer of the Year 2026 in the UAE by the Top Employers Institute. This certificate reflects KONE’s practices in managing its human resources, which supports achieving high levels of operational performance, and enhances the company’s ambition to be the best to work in and with in a rapidly developing and large market, where customer expectations are of the highest levels.

The UAE is home to some of the most architecturally complex buildings in the region, as well as some of the busiest transport hubs, where reliability, safety and responsiveness are key. In this context, KONE’s human resources strategy focuses on developing skilled and diverse work teams, enhancing leadership capabilities, and enabling clear and effective working methods with customers, developers and partners.

The Best Employer Certificate is awarded based on an independent survey of best practices in human resources management, covering several areas, including people strategy, work environment, talent acquisition, learning and development, diversity, equality and inclusion, in addition to supporting balance and sustainability in the environment. The results showed that KONE adopts a systematic approach to leadership, capabilities development, and employee experience.

In this context, Hadi Nemer, General Manager of KONE in the UAE, said: “This honor reflects our ability to translate human resources strategy into continuous and consistent performance in the UAE. By empowering our teams, and maintaining clear and practical working methods, we are able to support our customers efficiently and reliably in a fast-moving and demanding environment.”

This certification is in line with KONE’s RISE 2025-2030 strategy, which places people and culture at the heart of long-term sustainable performance. In the UAE, this is reflected in adopting an approach based on continuous learning, enhancing accountability, and implementing leadership practices that support collaboration across various projects, services and functions.

Through continuous investment in its human resources, KONE strengthens its position as a reliable partner in the UAE’s urban landscape, and confirms its commitment to remaining a preferred company to work for and easy to deal with at all points of interaction with customers and partners.