Developed Europe & Emerging EMEA’s Top Corporates Revealed

15 companies came first in at least five voting areas in their sectors in Developed Europe and four companies for Emerging EMEA

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, June 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Extel is a leading provider of independent market intelligence and performance evaluations for stakeholders in the global capital market, including buy-side, sell side, and corporate issuers. Annually, the Executive Team research gathers unbiased feedback from the most respected and influential professionals in global investment and the sell-side.

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This year saw 2,835 CEOs, CFOs, and IROs from 1,414 nominated companies receiving votes in the surveys. Combined voters saw 1,964 voters from 933 voting companies.


>>> 2026 Developed Europe Executive Team—Core results

The results reflect the voting of 1,510 investment professionals from 686 financial services companies. 1,013 companies and 2,232 individuals were nominated across 31 sectors across Europe.

16 companies clinched a clean sweep first place in the combined rankings in five or more of the seven voting areas for Best CEO, Best CFO, Best Investor Relations Professional, Best IR Practice, Best Analyst/Investor Event, Best ESG Metrics and Best Company Board in their respective sectors:

Anglo American (United Kingdom), argenx (Netherlands), ASML Holding (Netherlands), Assicurazioni Generali (Italy), AstraZeneca (United Kingdom), BASF (Germany), BMW (Germany), Danone (France), Deutsche Telekom (Germany), Diageo (United Kingdom), L’Oreal (France), Moncler (Italy), Publicis Groupe (France), SAP (Germany), Technip Energies (France ), Tesco (United Kingdom).

>>> 2026 Developed Europe Executive Team results—Large Cap results

354 companies and 1,212 individuals were nominated across 31 sectors across Europe. 16 companies clinched a clean sweep first place (Most Honored Company - MHC) in the combined rankings in five or more of the seven aforementioned categories:

Anglo American (United Kingdom), argenx (Netherlands), ASML Holding (Netherlands), Assicurazioni Generali (Italy), AstraZeneca (United Kingdom), BASF (Germany), BMW (Germany ), Bureau Veritas (France), Danone (France), Deutsche Telekom (Germany), Diageo (United Kingdom), L’Oreal (France), Moncler (Italy), Publicis Groupe (France), SAP (Germany),
Tesco (United Kingdom ).

>>> 2026 Developed Europe Executive Team—Small & Midcap results

659 companies and 1,020 individuals were nominated across 31 sectors.

Eight companies clinched a clean sweep first place in the combined rankings in five or more of the seven aforementioned voting areas: A2A (Italy), Aixtron (Germany), Banca IFIS (Italy), Burberry Group (United Kingdom), CTT - Correios de Portugal (Portugal), JCDecaux (France), LANXESS (Germany) and Technip Energies (France).

>>> 2026 Emerging EMEA Executive Team—Core results

The results reflect the voting of 454 investment professionals from 247 financial services companies. 401 companies and 603 individuals were nominated across 11 sectors.

Four companies clinched a clean sweep first place in the combined rankings in five or more of the voting areas for Best CEO, Best CFO, Best Investor Relations Professional, Best IR Practice, Best Analyst/Investor Event, Best ESG Metrics, and Best Company Board in their respective sectors:

Alpha Bank (Greece) , ADNOC Drilling Co . (United Arab Emirates) , AngloGold Ashanti (South Africa) and Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding (Turkey ).

>>> 2026 Emerging EMEA Executive Team—Large Cap results

145 companies and 314 individuals were nominated across 11 sectors.

Five companies clinched a clean sweep first place in the combined rankings five or more of the seven aforementioned voting areas:

ADNOC Drilling Co. (United Arab Emirates), ADNOC Logistics & Services (United Arab Emirates), Alpha Bank (Greece), AngloGold Ashanti (South Africa) and Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding (Turkey).


>>> 2026 Emerging EMEA Executive Team — Small & Midcap results

256 companies and 289 individuals were nominated across 11 sectors.

One company obtained a clean sweep first place in the combined rankings in five or more of the seven aforementioned voting areas:

GEK Terna (Greece).


Amani Korayeim, Director for Europe and Emerging EMEA, said : "Congratulations to this year's C-Suite and IR teams, particularly to the newcomers making their mark. Extel's independent, anonymized datasets are trusted instrument s for the industry, shaping how performance is measured and rewarded. The best teams use these insights to sharpen their investor engagement, and the results speak for themselves."

For the full list of published winners, please visit https://www.extelinsights.com/results/executive-teams

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