SI 100 Europe

Oct 16, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, Irish -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Geraldine King is CEO of the National Recruitment Federation, which establishes and maintains standards and codes of practice for the recruitment industry in Ireland. She has focused on expanding the NRF’s services and has introduced the accredited certificate in recruitment practice to the Irish recruitment industry — the only certificate for recruiters in Ireland. Believing the recruitment industry should be viewed as a profession and have a full academic career path, King has been instrumental in development of the world’s first undergraduate three-year degree apprenticeship programme for recruiters; in partnership with the National College of Ireland, it launched in September 2020.

Sep 22, 2023

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CEO since January 2022, Lorna Conn has driven Irish talent solutions company Cpl through its next phase of expansion. Under her leadership, Cpl acquired the German IT contracting company Neusta. Most recently, Conn and her team attained the Gold Investors in Diversity EDI mark, making Cpl the first talent solutions provider and one of only nine organisations in Ireland to achieve this accreditation. Conn plans to further internationalise Cpl with a strong focus on the US, UK and Germany. Conn is also senior managing executive officer of Cpl’s parent company, Outsourcing Inc., and a nonexecutive board director of Bord na Móna.

Sep 20, 2023

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Sylvestre Blavet is Chairman and CEO of French staffing group Freelance.com as well as chairman for its largest shareholder, CBV Ingénierie Group. Freelance.com operates across seven countries in Europe and under Blavet’s leadership continues to grow at a record pace, with 2022 revenue experiencing a year-over-year increase of 59%. With this type of growth and locations in seven countries, Blavet looks to take Freelance.com’s mission to initiate, animate, simplify and secure relationships to new heights. In addition to chairman, he holds numerous positions in corporate boards.

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, German -

Sebastian Lazay is president of the Federal Employers’ Association of Staffing Services (BAP). He was elected unanimously by the board last year. Lazay is managing director of Extra-Personalservice GmbH, Hamburg, and has been closely involved with temporary work for more than 20 years. He has been VP of the BAP since 2011. He is also deputy negotiator of the tariff commission of the BAP and a member of the Bargaining Association (VGZ), participating in collective bargaining for temporary employment. Lazay serves on the executive committee of the BGA, the Federal Association of Wholesale, Foreign Trade, Services, and since 2015 he has been VP of large-scale services for the BGA.

Jul 19, 2016

SI 100 Europe - 2016, German -

Volker Enkerts is the president of the Federal Employers’ Association of Staffing Services (BAP). In 1992, Enkerts was elected as a board member of the German Association of Private Employment (BZA), and progressed to its presidency in 2004. The BZA and the Employers’ Association of Medium-Sized Personnel Services (AMP) merged in 2010/2011 to form BAP, and he was elected president following the successful merger. Enkerts is also a board member of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA). Furthermore, Enkerts is CEO of the statutory accident insurance institution, VBG, and runs Hamburg-based FLEX-TIME GmbH as owner and managing director.

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, Dutch -

Wessel van Alphen Sr. is the founder and CEO of IT-Staffing, one of the largest IT specialist staffing firms in the European market and the fifth largest staffing firm in the Netherlands. Van Alphen started his first company in 1978 providing the services of self-employed IT specialists to clients. In December 2013, van Alphen Sr. passed the day-to-day running of the business to his son, Wessel van Alphen Jr., who is director of De Staffing Groep, the parent company of IT-Staffing.

Oct 17, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, American, Swedish -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Jonas Prising was named ManpowerGroup CEO in 2014 and chairman in 2015, originally joining the organisation in 1999. A recognised expert on the labour market and world-of-work trends, Prising is actively engaged in the World Economic Forum, including as a steward of the Future of Education, Gender and Work Global System; co-chair of the Regional Business Council on Europe; and CEO champion of the Digital Transformation Initiative. Passionate about preparing the future workforce, he is the vice chairman of Junior Achievement Worldwide, former chairman of the board, and a current board member of Junior Achievement USA.

Oct 15, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, German -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Sven Hennige is the senior managing director, Central Europe, at Robert Half, the world’s largest specialised recruitment firm, and leads its business in Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Austria and the Netherlands. Since joining Robert Half in 2000, Hennige has established 11 branches in Germany and is considered one of the market’s skilled experts for the placement of specialists and managers in finance, accounting and banking on temporary as well as permanent basis. This year, Hennige has been leading Robert Half safely through the crisis by communicating transparently with employees.

Oct 15, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, French -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier became general manager of Prism’emploi, the French association of employment agencies, in 2018 and in September was elected to the board of the World Employment Confederation. Under her leadership, Prism’emploi has taken up the issue of health security during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis by distributing recommendations to support companies using temporary workers and the temporary workers themselves. Eynaud-Chevalier began her career with the Ministry of Labour and Employment in 1991 and has more than 25 years of experience in the field of employment, HR management and vocational training.

Sep 19, 2023

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Riccardo Barberis, regional president of Northern Europe for ManpowerGroup, oversees all of ManpowerGroup’s brands and offerings across the region including Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions. With over two decades of workforce industry experience, Barberis utilises his deep institutional knowledge to drive diversification, digitization and innovation at ManpowerGroup. He aims to further accelerate ManpowerGroup’s diversification, digitisation and innovation plans. Fluent in five languages, Barberis skillfully connects with diverse audiences. He is also passionate about empowering the future workforce through talent and skills development, proudly serving as a Junior Achievement Europe board member.