Razeeah Belath, who is the company's Head of Human Resource attributed the victory to a culture that fosters freedom through responsibility and open mindedness. [Photo/businessdailyafrica.com]
The British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya company was crowned employer of the Year at a colourful ceremony held at the Villa Rosa Kempinski on Friday night.
The awards ceremony, which is the first by the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) had a total of eight awards categories with ten being shortlisted in each of the categories, and the first three being given awards.
Other than being the overall winner in the awards, BAT Kenya featured among the top three in four out of the eight categories.
BAT representative at the gala, Razeeah Belath, who is the company's Head of Human Resource attributed the victory to a culture that fosters freedom through responsibility and open mindedness.
"As an organization, we are very happy to have won this award tonight and we thank all BAT staff for their hard work and commitment, as well as all other stakeholders, as this is definitely the culmination of excellent team work," she told the Sunday Business.
At position two was Centum Investment Company Limited, with the University of Nairobi coming third.
The ranking was a culmination of a survey process conducted by the Price Waterhouse Coopers (Pwc) and where 129 employers took part.