GroupM certified as a Top Employer Europe 2025 with five EMEA market accreditations

For the fifth time, GroupM has been awarded Top Employer Europe accreditation with five individual market accreditations: Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK 

London (16 January 2025) — GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, today announced that five of its EMEA markets have been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer 2025. The certification has been awarded to the teams in Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK, which means that GroupM has also received the coveted Top Employer Europe accreditation for 2025. 

Each year, Top Employers Institute certifies organisations who are focused on putting their people first through their exceptional HR policies. GroupM Spain has now been recognised for twelve consecutive years and GroupM UK for nine years in a row, while Germany is recognised for the sixth time. Italy and Poland are now recognised for the fifth time. 

Josh Krichefski, GroupM EMEA CEO commented: “I’m very proud that GroupM has been awarded the Top Employer Europe 2025 accolade for the fifth year in a row. We are committed to setting the highest possible standard for employee experience and our people teams put in a huge amount of work to maintain these. I’m delighted that they are getting the recognition they deserve.”   

Top Employers Institute CEO David Plink says: “Consistency in a not-so-consistent world? In a time of rapid change – where technological, economic, and social factors continually reshape our world – these extraordinary times bring out the best in people and organisations. This year’s Top Employers Certification Programme showcases the resilience of the certified Top Employers 2025, who consistently prioritise the growth and wellbeing of their people, as they enrich the world of work. We are proud to celebrate these people-first leaders and teams as the Top Employers for 2025!”  

The Top Employers programme has certified and recognised over 2,400 Top Employers in 125 countries/regions across five continents.  

The Top Employers Institute programme certifies organisations based on the participation and results of their HR Best Practices Survey. This survey covers six HR domains consisting of 20 topics including People Strategy, Work Environment, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Diversity & Inclusion, Wellbeing and more. 

Crucial to the Top Employers process is that participating companies must complete a stringent research process and meet the required high standard in order to achieve the certification. To further reinforce the validity of the process, all answers were independently audited, meaning this research has verified GroupM Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK’s outstanding employee conditions and earned a coveted spot among a choice group of certified Top Employers.