need for cost control and compliance. Icon Relocation was commended for its AI-powered tool, Cosee. Winning overall in this category – another of the largest and most competitive – was global employment and compliance risk- assessment platform, Work From Anywhere. Presenting
the award, awards judge Olu Euba,
associate director of global talent mobility at WPP, voiced how Work From Anywhere has “responded to market feedback and clearly gone the extra mile to provide an outstanding service for clients.” Work From Anywhere’s CEO, John Lee, collected the
award, saying: “I have to take my hat off to this spectacular venue with all its history and culture. It’s a real privilege to be spending this day here with you all and I’m amazingly grateful to receive this award from all of my peers and congratulations to all the other finalists. I’m very grateful to my co-founder, Donal, and our families, as well as to Mercer for all their support, our partners, mentors and customers who have been on our journey.” Echoing Fiona Murchie’s comments in her welcome
address, John Lee spoke of his delight in winning this particular award. “There is a wider role for mobility into rewards, into retention, into attracting the best talent. We have a passion for this and I’m a firm believer that mobility teams have a special place in that particular discussion. Thank you very much for giving us this award.” In the Excellence in Education category, TASIS
England headed up an impressive international roster of leading schools and educational consultants. The category celebrates the role of quality education for mobile families. It highlights how a successful, timely and stress-free relocation supports talent retention, promotes employer brand and delivers employee engagement for best practice organisations. Bryan Nixon, head of school, and Mary Biddlecombe,
executive director of development at TASIS England, collected the accolade from category judge Pam Mundy, executive director of advisory and international education consultancy Pam Mundy Associates. “Schools have a prominent place in people’s lives,”
said Bryan Nixon, collecting the award. Paying homage to the rest of the category shortlist, including highly commended King’s InterHigh – praised by the judges for its innovative and authentic approach to online learning
and live teaching – Bryan Nixon added: “To see so many schools doing so much to ensure families transition smoothly so children have the best opportunity to learn is so inspiring for us all. This truly is a community award for our staff and parents who do so much to ensure children are first and foremost so everyone in the family can settle and thrive. Thank you all so much.” The next category, Excellence in Family Support,
also accents the role of family support and education as keystones for employee engagement and wellbeing. New2NL Education was highly commended for its high-level bespoke educational consulting. NetExpat prevailed for its agile and responsive solutions to the evolving profile of expats globally and its flexibility. Collecting the award, Alain Verstandig, NetExpat
president, said: “Thank you for recognising us and the kind words.” Des McKell, NetExpat’s SVP of advisory and global partnerships, added: “It’s always a pleasure to receive these awards on behalf of our global teams, who work their magic and incredibly hard to look after people incredibly well.” In this year’s biggest category, Arpin International
headed the field to take the Excellence in ESG award, with BiCortex Languages & Transitions and Synergy receiving highly commended. Judge Siobhan Cummins, global mobility expert and consultant, introduced the award and presented it to Caroline Curik, director of business development and member of Arpin International Group’s Global Sustainability Committee. “This is really an important award,” said Siobhan Cummings. “There is so much being published about ESG at the moment. It is on the C-suite agenda. Global mobility has a huge role to play in ESG. The judges were very impressed by the level of entries that came in and the work being done.” Receiving the award on behalf of Arpin
International, Caroline Curik said it is motivation and real enjoyment that are driving and delivering the company’s ESG initiatives. “It’s our management and the whole company around the world who are really living this for sustainability and reacting to change. We understand we all still have a long way to go in a way, but we can make it all together. Thank you so much.”
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