MANILA, Philippines — ACMobility is strengthening its position not only as one of the country’s fast-growing mobility companies but also as an employer to watch, after earning multiple international and Philippine workplace recognitions amid an aggressive expansion push.
The Ayala Group’s end-to-end mobility provider received new honors at the 2026 HR Excellence Awards Philippines and the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, extending its recent streak of recognition for people management, leadership and workplace culture.
The latest awards come at a crucial point for ACMobility, whose business is expanding across automotive retail and distribution, aftermarket services and electric-vehicle charging infrastructure.
A growing list of workplace wins
At the 2026 HR Excellence Awards Philippines, ACMobility took home Gold for Excellence in HR Change Management, while it received Bronze for Excellence in Total Rewards Strategy.
Chief People Officer Ariane Nava was also awarded Silver for HR Leader of the Year.
The official HR Excellence Awards results confirm ACMobility as the Gold winner in HR Change Management, while the company placed third in Total Rewards Strategy.
ACMobility also secured two Silver distinctions at the 11th annual Stevie Awards for Great Employers. Its CEO, Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala, was recognized as People-Focused CEO of the Year, while Nava was named Chief Human Resources Officer of the Year. The awards drew about 1,000 nominations from 38 countries, according to reports on ACMobility’s latest wins.
The Stevie winners are scheduled to be formally recognized at a ceremony in Paris on October 28, 2026.
Why the timing matters
The workplace recognition comes as ACMobility continues to transform and expand its business.
According to Ayala Corporation’s 2025 Integrated Report, ACMobility recorded ₱54 billion in revenues in 2025, an 84% year-on-year increase, while vehicle volume grew 82%. Its total market share reached 9%, up 4.1 percentage points from the previous year.
The company also ended 2025 with 419 electrified charging points, representing a 197% increase year on year. Its nationwide network included 79 BYD outlets and 38 Kia outlets, alongside the country’s largest Isuzu dealership network.
That expansion continued into 2026.
Business Mirror reported in May that ACMobility was targeting more than 1,000 EV charging points within 2026, after already establishing more than 500 charging points across roughly 200 locations nationwide.
The company’s vehicle business has also continued to grow. ACMobility sold 25,048 vehicles during the first half of 2026, a 25% increase from the 20,020 units recorded during the same period a year earlier.
People strategy moves to the center of the expansion
The latest workplace awards suggest that ACMobility’s transformation is not being driven solely by dealerships, vehicle sales and EV infrastructure.
People management has increasingly become part of the company’s broader growth strategy.
ACMobility previously earned Top Employer 2026 certification from the Top Employers Institute, marking its second consecutive year receiving the distinction. It also secured certification from Great Place to Work Philippines, with employee feedback playing a key role in the assessment.
The company’s workplace track record also dates back to its broader transformation launched in 2024.
In 2025, ACMobility won the HR Excellence Award for Excellence in Business Transformation, while Zobel de Ayala was named Most People-Focused CEO. The company also received a Bronze Stevie Award for Best Transformation Strategy.
That earlier recognition provides important context for the latest awards: ACMobility’s people strategy appears to be evolving alongside its business transformation rather than operating separately from it.
The bigger challenge: growing without losing its culture
For a rapidly expanding company, maintaining workplace culture can become increasingly difficult as operations, dealerships, brands and employees multiply.
ACMobility’s strategy has therefore placed greater emphasis on employee experience, leadership, rewards, development and organizational change.
Nava said the latest recognitions reflect the company’s continuing effort to create a workplace where employees feel supported, valued and empowered to grow.
That message is particularly significant as ACMobility pushes deeper into electrified mobility, where the company is competing not only for customers but also for skilled employees capable of supporting a rapidly changing automotive industry.
From automotive company to mobility ecosystem
ACMobility’s expansion is no longer limited to traditional vehicle distribution.
Its business now spans automotive retail and distribution, aftermarket services and EV charging infrastructure, reflecting the wider shift in the Philippine automotive market toward electrification and new mobility services.
The company’s growing presence in EV infrastructure is particularly notable. With the Philippine electrified vehicle market expanding, ACMobility has been investing heavily in charging infrastructure to support wider EV adoption. Business Mirror reported that electrified vehicle sales in the first quarter of 2026 reached 11,800 units among CAMPI and TMA members, up 36.19% from a year earlier.
But expansion has not been without challenges.
ACMobility reported a ₱57-million core net loss in the first half of 2026, with higher inventory costs linked to peso depreciation and weaker contributions from Kia and Isuzu affecting profitability. At the same time, vehicle sales increased 25%, highlighting the tension between rapid expansion and near-term financial pressures.
The real test begins now
The latest workplace awards give ACMobility another competitive advantage as it attempts to scale its operations while retaining employee trust and engagement.
The company has already demonstrated that its transformation can produce strong growth numbers. The next question is whether it can sustain that momentum while building the workforce, systems and culture needed for a much larger mobility ecosystem.
For ACMobility, the awards may therefore represent more than trophies.
They are a signal that people management is becoming a strategic part of the company’s growth formula—and as the Philippine automotive industry moves rapidly toward electrification, that could become just as important as the cars, dealerships and charging stations themselves.
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