صُنفت Expereo ضمن قائمة أفضل أماكن العمل في دولة الإمارات لعام 2026 من قِبل ®Great Place to Work الشرق الأوسط

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- صنّفت مؤسسة ®Great Place to Work، وهي السلطة العالمية في ثقافة مكان العمل، شركة Expereo كواحدة من أفضل أماكن العمل في قائمة الإمارات العربية المتحدة. وفي أكبر عملية استطلاع لتجارب الموظفين في الشرق الأوسط، تم استطلاع آراء آلاف الموظفين من مختلف أنحاء المنطقة لتحديد أفضل أماكن العمل Best WorkplacesTM.

 ويستند هذا التقدير إلى بيانات استطلاع سرية وتقييم لثقافة الشركة، حيث تم تقييم تجارب الموظفين فيما يتعلق بالثقة والابتكار وقيم الشركة والقيادة. كما يتم تقييم الشركات بناءً على مدى نجاحها في خلق تجربة عمل شاملة للجميع (For AllTM) تشمل جميع الموظفين بغض النظر عن هويتهم أو ما يفعلونه.

 وأضاف Ben Elms، الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة Expereo: "أنا فخور للغاية بفريقنا في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة على هذا الإنجاز. منذ البداية، كان طموحنا في دبي هو الجمع بين الأشخاص الاستثنائيين وخلق بيئة يمكنهم فيها الازدهار".

"ما يجعل هذه الجائزة مميزة للغاية هو أنها تُحدد بناءً على تعليقات موظفينا حول تجاربهم في الثقة والابتكار وقيم الشركة والشمولية والقيادة. إن موهبتهم والتزامهم والطريقة التي يدعمون بها بعضهم البعض هي ما يميزنا حقاً. يُعد هذا التقدير دليلاً على ثقافة مبنية على الثقة والفخر والشعور الحقيقي بالترابط - وهو أمر عمل فريق إدارتنا بجد على رعايته كل يوم".

وعلق رائد راشد، العضو المنتدب لشركة Expereo في الإمارات العربية المتحدة: "نحن سعداء للغاية بحصولنا على شهادة رسمية كأفضل مكان للعمل في الإمارات العربية المتحدة، خاصة وأن شركة Expereo احتفلت بالذكرى السنوية السادسة عشرة لتواجدها في المنطقة بالأمس فقط. منذ اليوم الأول، كان نجاحنا مدفوعاً بأفرادنا، الذين لا تزال مواهبهم وتفانيهم ودعمهم لبعضهم البعض تميزنا على الصعيدين الإقليمي والعالمي. إنه لشرف عظيم أن أقود فريقاً استثنائياً كهذا، والذي يساهم التزامه بتقديم تجارب عملاء متميزة في نمونا. يعكس هذا التقدير الثقافة التي ساهموا في بنائها، وهي ثقافة قائمة على الثقة والفخر والشعور الحقيقي بالانتماء، ونحن ملتزمون بضمان شعور كل عضو في الفريق بالتقدير والتمكين والإلهام".

 الاستثمار في موظفينا:

أطلقت Expereo عدة برامج لدعم الموظفين مهنيًا وشخصيًا:

 أبطال Expereo وجوائز التقدير: حيث تحتفي الشركة بأفضل الموظفين أداءً، ويتم تكريم الفائزين خلال اجتماعات ربع سنوية شاملة يقودها الرئيس التنفيذي لغرس عقلية الفوز.

 برنامج قادة المواهب والمستقبل: إعداد المواهب الناشئة لتصبح الجيل القادم من قادة الشركة.

 مبادرات رفاهية الموظفين: ركزت الجلسات المنتظمة التي يقودها الخبراء على التثقيف العقلي والعاطفي والمالي والرفاهية الجسدية.

 المشاركة المجتمعية: كجزء من اليوم الخيري العالمي لشركة Expereo، عقد مكتب دبي شراكة مع بيت الخير، لدعم المجتمع المحلي.

في Expereo، الثقافة هي أكثر من قيمة، فهي أساس مكان العمل حيث يشعر الناس بالاحترام والتقدير والمكافأة والرعاية الحقيقية.

 كيف تحدد مؤسسة ®Great Place to Work أفضل أماكن العمل في الإمارات العربية المتحدة

 تحدد Great Place to Work أفضل أماكن العمل في دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة، من خلال تحليل برامج مكان العمل للشركات واستطلاع آراء الموظفين في جميع أنحاء المنطقة حول العوامل الرئيسية التي تخلق أماكن عمل رائعة للجميع. ولكي تُؤخذ الشركات بعين الاعتبار، يجب أولاً أن تكون حاصلة على شهادة ®Great Place to Work.

 حول Expereo

Expereo هي شبكة رائدة عالميًا كمزود خدمة تعمل على ربط الأشخاص والأماكن والأشياء في أي مكان. تشمل الحلول الإنترنت العالمي، وشبكة SD-WAN/SASE، والإنترنت المُحسّن. مع انتشار عالمي واسع، تعد Expereo الشريك الموثوق به لـ 60% من شركات Fortune 500. تُشغّل الشركة مواقع الشركات والهيئات الحكومية في أكثر من 190 دولة، مع إمكانية الاتصال بأي موقع حول العالم. وتعمل مع أكثر من 2300 شريك لمساعدة العملاء على تحسين الإنتاجية وتمكين شبكاتهم وخدماتهم السحابية من خلال مرونة الإنترنت وسرعته وقيمته، مع تحقيق أداء مثالي للشبكة.

 حول ®Great Place to Work:

 Great Place To Work® ‏ ( www.greatplacetowork.me) هي السلطة العالمية في ثقافات أماكن العمل ذات الثقة العالية والأداء العالي. كما تدعم ®Great Place To Work الشركات على جميع المستويات في بناء أماكن العمل المثالية وتحسينها من خلال مكاتبها في 5 قارات وأكثر من 60 دولة باستخدام منصة Trust Index Survey™ ومنصة إدارة الثقافة Emprising™.

 تابعوا ®Great Place to Work على الموقع الإلكتروني www.greatplacetowork.me وعلى صفحاتنا على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي: LinkedIn، وFacebook، وInstagram، وYouTube، وTwitter.

إن نص اللغة الأصلية لهذا البيان هو النسخة الرسمية المعتمدة. أما الترجمة فقد قدمت للمساعدة فقط، ويجب الرجوع لنص اللغة الأصلية الذي يمثل النسخة الوحيدة ذات التأثير القانوني.

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Expereo Ranked One of the 2026 Best Workplaces in UAE by Great Place to Work® Middle East

 

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture, ranks Expereo one of the Best Workplaces in the UAE list. In the largest collection of employee experiences in the Middle East, thousands of employees from across the region were surveyed to determine the Best WorkplacesTM.

This recognition is based on confidential survey data and company cultural audit assessing employee experiences of trust, innovation, company values and leadership. Companies are also evaluated on how well they are creating a For AllTM workplace experience, inclusive of all employees no matter who they are or what they do.

Ben Elms, CEO of Expereo, added: “I’m incredibly proud of our UAE team for this achievement. From the very beginning, our ambition in Dubai was to bring together exceptional people and create an environment where they can thrive.

What makes this award so special is that it is determined based on our employees’ feedback on their experiences of trust, innovation, company values, inclusivity and leadership. It’s their talent, commitment and the way they support one another that truly sets us apart. This recognition is a testament to a culture built on trust, pride and a genuine sense of connection - something our management team has worked hard to nurture every day.’’

Raed Rached, Expereo Managing Director UAE, commented: “We’re thrilled to be officially certified as a Best Place To Work in the UAE, especially as Expereo marked its 16th anniversary in the region just yesterday. From day one, our success has been driven by our people, whose talent, dedication and support for one another continue to set us apart both regionally and globally. It’s a privilege to lead such an exceptional team, whose commitment to delivering outstanding customer experiences fuels our growth. This recognition reflects the culture they’ve helped build, one grounded in trust, pride and a genuine sense of connection, and we remain committed to ensuring every team member feels valued, empowered and inspired.”

Investing in our People:

Expereo has launched several programs to support employees professionally and personally:

Expereo Heroes & Recognition Awards: Where the company celebrates top performers, with winners recognized during quarterly all-hands meetings led by the CEO to cultivate a winning mindset.

Talent & Future Leaders Program: Prepares emerging talent to become the company’s next generation of leaders.

Employee Wellbeing Initiatives: Regular expert-led sessions focused on mental, emotional, financial literacy and physical wellbeing.

Community Engagement: As part of Expereo’s global charity day, the Dubai office partnered with Beit Al Khair to support the local community.

At Expereo, culture is more than a value - it is the foundation of a workplace where people feel respected, recognized, rewarded, and genuinely cared for.

How Great Place to Work® determines the Best Workplaces in UAE

Great Place to Work identifies the Best Workplaces in Dubai, UAE, by analyzing companies’ workplace programs and surveying employees across the region about the key factors that create great workplaces for all. To be considered, companies must first be certified as a Great Place to Work®.

About Expereo

Expereo is a world-leading Managed Network as a Service provider that connects people, places, and things anywhere. Solutions include Global Internet, SD-WAN/SASE, and Enhanced Internet. With an extensive global reach, Expereo is the trusted partner of 60% of Fortune 500 companies. It powers enterprise and government sites in more than 190 countries, with the ability to connect to any location worldwide, working with over 2,300 partners to help customers improve productivity and empowering their networks and cloud services with the agility, flexibility, and value of the Internet, with optimal network performance.

About Great Place to Work®:

Great Place To Work® (www.greatplacetowork.me) is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Great Place To Work® also supports companies in all scales in constructing the perfect workplaces and improving them with its offices in 5 continents and 60+ countries using its Trust Index Survey™ and Culture Management platform Emprising™.

Follow Great Place to Work® at www.greatplacetowork.me and on our social media pages: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

 

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Built for uncertainty: Why Middle Eastern brands remain resilient despite market headwinds

New Brand Finance data shows the Middle East's top 150 brands hold steady at $280.3 billion in 2026

• Aramco remains the Middle East’s most valuable brand for the seventh consecutive year
• ADNOC delivers exceptional long-term growth, with brand value up 354% since 2017
• Five banking brands, QNB, Al Rajhi Bank, SNB, Emirates NBD and FAB, rank among the region’s top 10 most valuable brands
• Brand to watch: Saudi Energy’s rebrand signals it ambitions to redefine its role from delivering electricity to powering national progress
• KFSHRC retains its position as the region’s leading healthcare brand

 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Middle East’s most valuable brands continue to demonstrate strong resilience despite geopolitical tensions, oil price fluctuations, supply chain disruptions, and broader macroeconomic pressures, according to the Middle East 150 2026 report from Brand Finance, the world's leading brand valuation consultancy.

Rather than being driven by a single factor, this resilience reflects a combination of scale, sector positioning, and strategic agility, allowing the region’s leading brands to protect value during downturns and accelerate recovery as conditions improve.

Aramco retains its position as the Middle East’s most valuable brand for the seventh consecutive year, recording a 14% increase in brand value to USD47.3 billion. Its continued strength reflects the benefits of scale, strategic investment, and the ability to evolve beyond traditional oil production. Key milestones in 2025 included progress towards its gas production growth target, global retail expansion, advancement of its petrochemical's strategy, and further innovation in carbon capture.

ADNOC (brand value up 11% to USD21.1 billion) also retains its position as the region’s second most valuable brand for the seventh consecutive year, underscoring the resilience of the UAE’s key sectors and the strength of its national energy champion. The brand continues to reinforce its leadership through a combination of large-scale investments, technological innovations, and sustainability driven growth.

stc (brand value up 9% to USD17.6 billion) holds its position as the third most valuable brand in the region in 2026. Its growth reflects the sustained execution of its Masterbrand strategy, which has successfully extended the brand beyond traditional telecommunications into high-growth adjacencies, including fintech, cybersecurity, cloud, and IT services.

Savio D’Souza, Managing Director Middle East and Africa, Brand Finance, commented:

“The 2026 results send a clear message: the Middle East’s leading brands are not simply weathering uncertainty; they are built to navigate it. With total brand value reaching USD245.3 billion, the data reflects a region defined by structural strength, strategic discipline, and the ability to adapt quickly to changing market conditions. The brands performing best are those combining scale, sector resilience, and long-term investment with the agility to respond decisively during periods of volatility.”

Four banking brands, QNB, Al Rajhi Bank, SNB, Emirates NBD and FAB, rank among the region’s top 10 most valuable brands, highlighting the continued strength and resilience of Middle Eastern banking brands despite a more challenging global operating environment. Their performance reflects a combination of strong capitalisation, diversified income streams, digital transformation, international expansion, and sustained customer trust.

Across the group, these banks continue to benefit from rising lending activity, stronger fee generation, improving profitability, and greater operational efficiency. They are also strengthening their competitive positions through investment in digital banking, AI-driven capabilities, fintech partnerships, tokenisation, and broader regional expansion. As a result, the banking sector remains one of the Middle East’s most valuable and stable sectors, providing a strong foundation for overall brand value growth across the region.

Saudi Energy, which rebranded from Saudi Electricity Company in February 2026, has been identified as a brand to watch. The brand's value grew 25% to USD2.4 billion, reflecting strong underlying business performance as Saudi Arabia's national electricity provider. The rebrand repositions the organisation beyond its traditional utility identity, towards a broader role as a national energy systems enabler supporting the Kingdom's long-term economic transformation.

Despite shifting economic conditions and evolving market dynamics, the Middle East's leading brands recorded only limited movement in 2026, underscoring the resilience of the region's most prominent corporate names. The total brand value of the Middle East's top 150 brands now stands at USD280.3 billion, reflecting steady performance amid a complex macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop.

The healthcare sector is emerging as one of the fastest-growing segments in Brand Finance’s Middle East rankings, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) (brand value at USD1.7 billion) recognised as the region’s leading healthcare brand by brand value.

Note to Editors

The full ranking, additional insights, charts, information about the methodology, and definitions of key terms are available in the ⁠Brand Finance Middle East 150 2026 report.

About Brand Finance

Brand Finance is the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy.

 

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MEPRA Celebrates 25 Years of Industry Excellence as 2026 Awards Entries Open

The Middle East Public Relations Association (MEPRA) has officially opened entry submissions for the 2026 MEPRA Awards. This year is particularly significant, as the association commemorates its 25th anniversary of championing the communications profession across the Middle East.

The MEPRA Awards, widely recognised as the regional standard for exceptional achievement in public relations and communications, will mark this special milestone with a grand celebration in Dubai on 26 November 2026. The prestigious event is anticipated to draw over 600 attendees, including leading industry figures, agencies, in-house teams, and partners.

To further enhance the prestige, credibility, and quality of submissions across all categories, the 2026 Awards feature several key improvements:

• Rigorously Structured Judging: Over 100 senior industry professionals from the region will serve on the diverse jury. An independent adjudicator(s) will oversee the process to review any inconsistencies and guarantee fairness..

• Refined Evaluation Framework: Updated criteria and a refined evaluation framework will encourage more strategic, impactful, and results-focused entries. Judges will apply a more structured scoring approach, consistent with the new standards.

• New Trophy Design: As part of the 25-year celebration, a new Awards trophy design, symbolising the evolution of the Awards and the future of regional communications.

Justin Kerr-Stevens, Chairman of MEPRA, commented, “The MEPRA Awards have spotlighted the individuals, teams, and campaigns shaping the Middle East's communications landscape. Celebrating our 25-year milestone, we are proud to introduce enhancements that significantly strengthen the integrity, transparency, and prestige of the Awards. These changes reflect both the distance our industry has travelled and our ambitious outlook for its future.”

Entries are open to students, freelancers, in-house teams, and agencies throughout the region. Submissions will be evaluated across a comprehensive range of categories, covering sectors, campaigns, and individual professional excellence.

MEPRA extends its gratitude to its esteemed partners for their continued support, including Diamond Partner Memac Ogilvy, Gold Partner Weber Shandwick, Silver Partner BayerMiddle East, Category Partner Telum Media (for Best Use of Media Relations – B2B), and supporting partners First & Ten Productions, Burson, and Matrix Public Relations.

Further details regarding categories, entry guidelines, and deadlines are available at www.mepra.org/awards.

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Simon Howells Appointed General Manager of GCG Enterprise Solutions to Lead Next Phase of Innovation

GCG Enterprise Solutions, a Ghobash Group enterprise and a trusted enterprise technology partner in the UAE for more than four decades, has announced the appointment of Simon Howells as its new General Manager.

The appointment builds on the company’s 40+ year legacy as a leading Managed Print Services provider while accelerating its expansion into a broader portfolio of Enterprise Information Management, Digital Transformation, and Interactive Smart Solutions across the UAE.

Under Howells’ leadership, the company is building on its strong position in the Print Services market, with a sharpened strategic focus on Digital Services, including workflow automation, application modernization, and enterprise digitization. By strengthening its commercial engine and drawing on the wider Ghobash Group, GCG Enterprise Solutions aims to deliver end-to-end client solutions that will accelerate change with resilience, and measurable impact.

Howells brings more than two decades of experience leading multi-market technology and digital organisations across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. He has transformed legacy businesses into agile, high-performance operations and built a strong track record in revenue growth, digital enablement, and commercial excellence.

His senior leadership roles include previous appointments with Xerox MEA and OSN. At Xerox MEA, he consistently delivered revenue and profit growth, modernised workflows through RPA and process automation, and strengthened enterprise-wide digital capability.

Commenting on Mr. Howells’ appointment, Rashid Ghobash, Managing Director of Ghobash Group, stated: “We are pleased to welcome Simon to lead GCG Enterprise Solutions’ growth and expansion. He has a strong track record of transforming businesses of this kind, and under his leadership the company will continue to expand from its print heritage into a broader digital services offering for clients across the UAE.”

Commenting on his appointment, Howells said:

“I’m honoured to join GCG Enterprise Solutions at an important moment for the business and for the region. Clients are looking for a partner with real digital capability, operational depth, and the scale to deliver end-to-end. With the backing of the Ghobash Group, that is what we intend to be.”

Under Howells’ leadership, GCG Enterprise Solutions aims to become a leading digital partner for the region, one that builds strategic partnerships and delivers long-term value to its customers.

About GCG Enterprise Solutions

GCG Enterprise Solutions, a Ghobash Group Enterprise, has been a trusted provider of enterprise technology and digital services since 1982. Today, the organisation delivers one of the region’s most comprehensive portfolios of Enterprise Information Management, Digital Transformation, and Interactive Smart Solutions across the UAE.

Powered by a team of more than 200 specialists spanning the UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and supported by strategic collaborations with leading regional and global technology partners, GCG Enterprise Solutions integrates digital platforms that enhance efficiency, intelligence, and performance across every layer of the enterprise.

For more information, visit gcg.ae, write to info@gcg.ae, or follow us on LinkedIn.

 

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