John Gachora, NCBA Group Managing Director
NCBA Bank has been listed as a Top Employer for 2026 after a rigorous certification process conducted by the Top Employers Institute, a worldwide authority on excellence in people practices.
This certification ranks NCBA Kenya among the top organisations that are committed to creating excellent workplace environments and enhancing their people strategies.
The Top Employer 2026 certificate given by the Top Employers Institute recognises that NCBA has met the requirements of the institutes thorough certification programme. This programme is a comprehensive process including an initial service, launch, an HR Best Practices Survey, independent validation, and an audit all focused on how well organisations manage and develop their human resources. Being a Top Employer certified, NCBA is licensed to use the Top Employers Certification seal for the year 2026.
The certification has worldwide recognition as a standard of quality in human resource management and is a clear indication of an organisations dedication to becoming and remaining a preferred employer.
It looks at essential dimensions including talent strategy, learning and development, diversity and inclusion, employee wellbeing, leadership, and organisational culture.
Speaking about the success, NCBA Group Managing Director John Gachora remarked that the recognition further cements the close interconnection between the Groups people, culture, and performance.
The Top Employer 2026 certification is essentially a mirror of the hard work, passion, and joint effort of our NCBA Go Getters in the entire organisation. The moment we deliberately put resources in our people, we really bolster our capacity to serve customers, create value for the future, and drive sustainable growth in the markets we operate in, he added.
The Certification not only acknowledges an achievement but also equips NCBA with globally benchmarked insights, data, driven recommendations, expert validation, and proven best practices all aimed at strengthening its people strategy.
Besides that, certified organisations enjoy an improved employer branding, a more transparent strategic focus, and better decision, making based on reliable HR data.
Also, the certification allows NCBA to tap into a worldwide community of Top Employers, thereby providing them with chances for peer learning and collaboration. The accolade further empowers the bank to convincingly showcase its people impact to leadership, boards, and talent markets.
The Top Employer 2026 certification is a testimony of the bank’s pursuit of talent development, fostering a great corporate culture, and establishing itself as a leading employer within Kenya’s financial services sector and even beyond.