Sep 25, 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2022, Italian -

Appointed regional president, Northern Europe, in May 2021, Riccardo Barberis oversees all ManpowerGroup’s Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions brands and offerings across the region and is accelerating diversification, digitisation and innovation plans. Barberis, who speaks five languages, reports directly to Chairman and CEO Jonas Prising and is on ManpowerGroup’s executive leadership team. He currently serves as board member of Junior Achievement Europe; he had also served as VP of Assolavaro, the Italian staffing industry association, and was president of ManpowerGroup’s Human Age Institute. He joined ManpowerGroup in 1998 and has held numerous leadership positions in Europe and Latin America, including country manager for ManpowerGroup Italy.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Oct 15, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, Dutch -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Executive board member Chris Heutink is most proud of Randstad’s significant progress toward its goal to impact 500 million work lives by 2030. He is responsible for Randstad in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Japan, the Greater China region, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. Heutink started his career at Randstad in 1991 as a consultant in the Netherlands; he became managing director of Randstad Netherlands in 2009 and was appointed to the executive board in 2014. Randstad last year reached a record-high free cash flow which strengthened its balance sheet and reduced its debt position.

Oct 10, 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2022, British -

As executive VP of global strategic talent solutions, Craig Sweeney oversees the sales, solutions and implementation teams at WilsonHCG, serving clients in more than 65 countries across EMEA, North America, APAC and Latin America. Sweeney helped WilsonHCG achieve 150% revenue growth in 2021, an increase of more than 375% in average deal size from 2020, and two times headcount growth. He was also influential in securing funding from private equity firm 3i Group to support this growth as well as the recent acquisition of Claro Analytics. Sweeney inspires his team to develop meaningful relationships and add value for clients, improving business outcomes for everyone.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Oct 17, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, Belgian -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Mark Maesen is CEO of Belgium-based Actief Group, a €600 million staffing company active in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. Maesen in 2020 became CEO of Actief Interim, the group’s brand in Belgium, bringing leadership experience as former CEO of Sara Lee. In 2015, he became CEO of Actief Group. The company has continued to expand and make acquisitions and now employs more than 20,000 temporary workers on a daily basis. Maesen is also closely involved with the Private Art Support Foundation, which collects, preserves and discloses works of art by Belgian artists.

Neil Carberry

Recruitment and Employment Confederation

CEO

British

Oct 8, 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2021, British -

Neil Carberry is chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, the leading body for the UK’s £39 billion recruitment and staffing industry. Since arriving in 2018, Carberry has transformed the presence of the REC, with greater reach across the industry, the media and policy makers, driven by sharper content, tone and brand. The pandemic saw REC step up, providing key support that helped firms survive. The REC’s Recruitment for Recovery campaign and revised business advice is positioning firms for success for the post-pandemic world. Its success is represented by a third straight year of rising new membership.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Sep 24, 2023

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A highly experienced global leader, Denis Machuel became CEO of The Adecco Group in July 2022. He was previously group CEO of Sodexo, a company with more than 400,000 employees in 56 countries. Before becoming group CEO, he held several global leadership positions at Sodexo. Prior to his 14-year career at Sodexo, he spent 16 years with Altran Group, including as CEO of Altran Technologies. He has been a member of the board of directors of Kyndryl since 2021. The company finished 2022 strongly, reporting third and fourth-quarter revenue growth to reach total 2022 revenue of €23.6 billion.

Oct 12, 2021

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CEO of the DACH region — Austria, Germany, and Switzerland — at Randstad nv since January 2020, Richard Jager began his career in staffing at the company in 1995 in the Netherlands as a consultant. In 2010, he took over as managing director for Switzerland. Jager notes that during the pandemic, the main focus was on maintaining and securing as many jobs as possible. Jager also serves on Randstad’s global advisory board. With the DACH region having returned to its 2019 level, Randstad is again focused on extending market share. In addition to Randstad, Jager is a member of the advisory board at Nyenrode Business University in Breukelen, Netherlands.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Sep 30, 2014

SI 100 Europe - 2014, French -

Daniel Augereau is the chairman and CEO of Synergie, the fifth-largest staffing firm in France. He trained as a technical blue-collar worker in the aeronautic industry and soon founded his first staffing firm, Europe Technique Assistance, in 1969. Ten years later, the company merged with another staffing firm, Sydergie, resulting in the launch of the Synergie brand.

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, British -

Nigel Heap joined Hays UK in 1988 as a trainee consultant. By 1997, he was managing director of Hays Australia, and consequently expanded operations to New Zealand, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. In 2006, he was appointed managing director of Asia Pacific. He has been UK & Ireland managing director and chairman of the Asia Pacific business since 2012, and in 2017 also became managing director of Hays’ EMEA business.

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, Italian -

Stefano Colli-Lanzi is founder and CEO of Gi Group. Established in 1998 in Italy, Gi Group provides a range of services for the development of the labour market. Gi Group now operates in more than 40 countries worldwide, either directly or through strategic partnerships. Colli-Lanzi is a professor of business economics at the Milan Catholic University. In 2017, Gi Group reported turnover of €2 billion with the group entering Borsa Italiana’s ELITE programme, which supports small to midsize enterprises with their international plans.