An industry veteran of more than 20 years, Sebastian Lazay was president of the Federal Employers’ Association of Staffing Services (BAP) in Germany since 2017 and previously was its VP since 2011. This year, Lazay helped lay the groundwork for the merger between BAP and the Interest Group of German Temporary Employment Agencies to form the General Association of Personnel Service Providers, of which he is now deputy. Additionally, Lazay is managing director of the Hamburg-based staffing firm Extra-Personalservice GmbH, an executive committee member of the Federal Association of Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services, and has been VP of large-scale services since 2015.