Emburse Recognized with 2026 Ragan HR Award for Transforming Culture Through Purpose-Driven Leadership

Award honors company-wide initiative that strengthened employee engagement, leadership alignment, and innovation in support of Emburse's mission to help organizations control spend across complex finance operations

DALLAS, June 23, 2026 — Emburse, a global leader in travel and expense management, today announced it has won the 2026 Ragan HR Award for Change Management & Culture Transformation, recognizing the company's successful enterprise-wide effort to strengthen culture, elevate employee engagement, and align teams around a shared vision for growth.

The recognition highlights Emburse's commitment to building a high-performing organization that helps businesses gain greater control, visibility, and confidence in corporate spend. The award celebrates Emburse's people-first transformation strategy, which focused on increasing transparency, strengthening leadership accountability, fostering employee connection, and creating greater organizational clarity.

Under the leadership of Emburse CEO Marne Martin, the company embarked on a transformation focused on strengthening culture, aligning teams around a shared vision, and ensuring employees were active participants in Emburse's evolution. The initiative was designed to help employees feel informed, empowered, and connected to the company's mission, strategy, and long-term success.

Key elements of the transformation:

Refreshing Emburse's mission, vision, and values to better reflect the company's purpose and aspirations
Launching a new Employee Value Proposition to strengthen talent attraction and retention
Expanding leadership development programs to build stronger, more effective leaders
Increasing communications and employee listening opportunities to encourage transparency and dialogue
Creating clearer career development pathways to support employee growth
Enhancing recognition and wellbeing programs to foster engagement, inclusion, and belonging

The results were significant. Emburse achieved the highest employee engagement survey participation rate in company history while improving employee sentiment across key areas, including collaboration, belonging, trust in leadership, and organizational effectiveness.

"Our ability to help organizations control spend across complex finance operations starts with our people," said Marne Martin, CEO of Emburse. "When employees are aligned around a common purpose, empowered to innovate, and connected to our mission, they deliver better outcomes for our customers. This recognition reflects the culture we've built together and the impact our teams make every day."

Michael Giannetti, CHRO of Emburse, added: "Transformation succeeds when employees are active participants in shaping the future. This award recognizes the passion, resilience, and dedication of our people, who embraced change and helped create a stronger, more connected organization."

The Ragan HR Awards celebrate organizations that are redefining workplace excellence through innovative people strategies, leadership, and employee engagement programs. The Change Management & Culture Transformation category recognizes organizations that successfully navigate periods of change while strengthening culture and improving the employee experience.

About Emburse

Trusted globally by more than 12 million finance leaders, travel managers, and professionals, Emburse helps organizations control spend across complex finance operations, serving over 20,000 organizations in 200 countries and territories —including Global 2000 enterprises, SMBs, public sector agencies, and nonprofits.

governance, enhanced compliance, and unsurpassed visibility into spend behaviors — all while dramatically streamlining the process for every employee.

Emburse’s Expense Intelligence approach transforms reactive expense management into infrastructure for strategic growth. Powered by Emburse AI, it orchestrates corporate spend across travel booking, reimbursements, AP, and payments, embedding dynamic policy controls and predictive insights directly into workflows. This real-time approach empowers organizations to adapt quickly, reduce risk, and guide spend before money leaves the business.

Expense Intelligence is a framework for transformation, reshaping the role of finance teams from administrators to strategic drivers of organizational success.

To learn more about Emburse, visit www.emburse.com and check out our social channels @emburse.