SI 100 Europe

Aug 19, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, British -

Alistair Cox has been chief executive of London-based global staffing firm Hays plc since 2007. A chartered engineer, Cox began his career at British Aerospace, subsequently moving to Schlumberger in 1982 where he held a number of roles in field engineering, management and research science. After earning an MBA from Stanford, Alistair worked for McKinsey & Co. before joining Blue Circle Industries plc, where he was the group strategy director and then the regional director for Asia. Prior to joining Hays, Cox was chief executive of the IT outsourcing organisation Xansa plc. From 2009 to 2015, he was a nonexecutive director of 3i Group plc.

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, British -

Kevin Barrow is a partner with law firm Osborne Clarke. Since 1990, he has advised staffing companies on all types of legal work, including commercial deals, international joint ventures and M&A.His multi-country team work for more than 100 hirers and suppliers on market-leading UK, EU and international flexible workforce (MSP, RPO and VMS) projects, regulation of digital recruitment and online exchanges, tax planning relating to flexible workforces and worker misclassification and co-employment class actions.Barrow has led a campaign to change the regulatory regime affecting online exchanges, and has rolled out staffing/MSP deals in 40 countries in the last two years.

Sep 23, 2023

SI 100 Europe - 2023 -

Since 2007, Even Hagelien has served as director of staffing industry for the Norwegian Federation of Service Industries and Retail Trade (NHO SH). He also sits on the global board of the World Employment Confederation. In his tenure, Hagelien has co-founded the Nordic Network for staffing federations in 2011 and chaired the WEC Economic Affairs Committee from 2015-2022. He was re-elected to the WEC board for three more years in 2022. Further, Hagelien recently created an ambassador programme to meet politicians at national and local levels to advocate for the staffing industry.

Oct 9, 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2021, French -

Thierry Geffroy is president and CEO of France based Samsic RH, which operates in more than 25 countries, has 93,000 employees, serves 30,000-plus customers and has a turnover of £2.6 billion. Geffroy joined the group in 1992. In 2010, he became the chairman of Samsic RH, the group’s human resources arm; he was appointed to his current role in 2019. Under Geffroy’s leadership, Samsic acquired a majority stake in recruitment services firm Sellick Partnership and made two acquisitions in Ireland and Morocco, its first expansion into the African continent. By retaining the legacy of Samsic’s history, Geffroy’s ambition is to double the company’s turnover by 2022.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Oct 14, 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2021, Belgian -

Tom Verhaegen is CEO of Agilitas Group, a provider of HR solutions in temporary staffing, outplacement and recruitment with operations in Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland. The company, with more than 750 employees spread over 150 offices across three countries, was acquired by French staffing firm Proman in January 2020. Prior to his appointment as CEO of Agilitas Group in 2017, he held leadership roles in SABMiller, Dreher Breweries and InBev. Verhaegen is a strong commercial leader who delivers through focus on people, brands, customers and execution.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, Spanish -

Martin Alonso was appointed regional head of Northern Europe in August 2011. Alonso joined Adecco Spain in 1993 as branch manager. In 1998, after having held various operational positions, he was appointed as the finance manager for Adecco Spain and Portugal. From 2003 to 2005, he was the regional finance manager for Adecco Central Europe. As of 2007, he also took on the role of operational manager for Adecco Portugal. From 2009 to July 2011 he held the position of finance manager for Iberia and South America.

Aug 24, 2017

SI 100 Europe - 2017, Dutch -

Frits Goldschmeding founded Uitzendbureau Amstelveen in 1960, and in 1964 renamed it Randstad. Goldschmeding took Randstad public in 1990, and in 2008, merged it with the Dutch group Vedior. CEO until 1999 and a member of the supervisory board until 2011, Goldschmeding remains the largest shareholder. Goldschmeding has a doctorate from the VU University Amsterdam and was professor at the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Nyenrode Business University. He is founder and supervisory board member of the Goldschmeding Foundation.

Sep 23, 2023

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Dirk Hahn has served Hays plc for nearly 27 years and was named CEO in September. While much his tenure was spent as COO, in 2020 Hahn became CEO of Hays AG, assuming responsibility for nearly half of the 32 countries in which the company operates, including continental Europe and the Middle East markets. In 2022 Germany alone accounted for 26% of the company’s revenue and over 2,000 of Hays’ consultants. Hahn believes in a leadership and communication style that is approachable, present, vulnerable, and authentic — a strategic mindset that he credits for his team’s long success at Hays.

Aug 29, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, Italian -

Rosario Rasizza, CEO of Openjobmetis, started his career in 1997 when he opened Temporary S.p.A. of Milan in Varese. In 2001, he guided the launch of a new employment agency and contributed toward the creation of Openjob S.p.A. Between 2003 and 2011, he guided Openjob through a series of acquisitions. In 2008, he was appointed Knight of the Italian Republic as well as chairman of the Italian Association of Employment Agencies. In 2015, CRIBIS D&B awarded Rating 1 to Openjobmetis, recognising the company at the highest level of economic and financial reliability — and in 2017, it further upgraded its rating to a CRIBIS Prime Company. In 2017, the group reported revenue of €583.9 million.

Aug 19, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, British -

Simon Coton has been with NES Global Talent for over 20 years and in that time has built up a wealth of experience across the workforce spectrum. He has led NES operations as COO since 2008 and oversees the entire global recruitment function. Coton has been a key part of the executive team, delivering the sale of NES to AEA investors in 2012 and securing six acquisitions since 2014. Under Coton’s leadership, NES Global Talent has expanded its overseas operations to 58 locations and grown its turnover to over $1 billion.