SI 100 Europe

Oct 13, 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2021, British -

Driven by the purpose of improving lives through work, James Reed serves as chairman of Reed Global, one of the largest family-owned recruitment companies, with over 3,000 employees working in 140 locations. In 2020, Reed co-launched the Keep Britain Working campaign to preserve jobs and donated £100,000 to the National Emergencies Trust Covid Appeal, matched by a £100,000 donation from the Reed Foundation made via The Big Give. Reed is also a published author and has written The 7 Second CV, Why You? and 101 Interview Questions You’ll Never Fear Again; he also co-authored Put Your Mindset to Work.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Oct 14, 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2021, Spanish -

Juan Urdiales started his first company, Pluscuamperfecta, during his last year of university in 2005 and sold it three years later. In 2009, he and Felipe Navío co-founded Madrid based Jobandtalent, an on-demand contingent staffing platform. Under his co-leadership, Jobandtalent secured €100 million from the SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to promote expansion into new markets, notably the United States. Jobandtalent also operates in Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, Dutch -

Richard Jager is CEO of Randstad Group Germany. He began his career as a consultant with Randstad Netherlands in 1995 and held various leadership roles including CEO of Randstad company Talisman Software. In 2011, Jager was promoted to CEO of Randstad Switzerland and in 2015 became CEO of both Randstad Switzerland and Austria, a position he held until December 2015. Jager became CEO of Randstad Group Germany in September 2017. In addition to his roles in Randstad, Jager has served on the advisory boards for Randstad, Wittenborg University and Nyenrode Business University in Amsterdam.

Sep 22, 2023

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Albert Ellis has 30 years of experience in the recruitment sector and is currently CEO of Staffline Group plc, a recruitment and training group in the UK. In the last three years, Ellis has led the turnaround, £150 million recapitalisation and refinancing of the organization from a low point in 2020 following years of underperformance to the ninth-largest staffing firm in the UK in 2023. Over his career, he has led and executed growth strategies, acquisitions and disposals, turnarounds, multiple equity raisings and bank refinancings. In addition, Ellis is a non-executive director at HRNetGroup, a professional recruitment and consulting group headquartered in Singapore.

Sep 30, 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2022, Belgian -

Alexis de Bretteville has served as deputy CEO of Morgan Philips Group since his former company Hudson joined the group in 2018. De Bretteville is instrumental in growing the company’s international presence and digital innovation offerings for its customers in talent management, executive search and middle management recruitment. In 2021, the group launched an application that enables candidates to answer client questions through video and accelerate the hiring process. De Bretteville also supports the group’s partnership with Life Project 4 Youth, an international charity that encourages youth inclusion.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Aug 18, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, French -

As managing director for Beeline Europe since 2012, Manuel Roger is responsible for all European operations at the VMS supplier; he is also a member of Beeline’s global executive committee. Roger oversees P&L at Beeline Europe and defines its strategy, investments, team structure, value proposition and more. He helped create and launch the Beeline Direct Sourcing offering in Europe — changing the way its customers source and manage contingent workforces and transforming VMS from vendor management to contingent talent management. More recently, Beeline Europe has invested significantly in customer service and developed key strategic relationships with its ecosystem partners.

Oct 31, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Bev White is CEO of Harvey Nash Group, a €1.2 billion global technology recruitment, IT solutions and leadership services group with 36 offices across the US, Europe and Asia. Following a degree in computer science, White began her career in technology, holding CIO and IT leadership positions at Schlumberger and NTL (which became Virgin Media). Since 2002, White has combined a passion for technology with a career in recruitment and talent in various leadership roles, most recently as CEO in the UK and Ireland for Gi Group before joining Harvey Nash in February. White believes deeply in the power of people and creating a sustainable culture where people can thrive.

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, American -

George Corona was named president and CEO of Kelly Services in May 2017. Headquartered in Michigan, USA, Kelly Services is one of the largest global workforce solutions providers, with revenue of US$5.28 billion in 2016. Corona joined the company in 1994 and has held numerous leadership roles throughout the last two decades. He served as US middle-market leader (where he helped launch Kelly Educational Staffing) before being named executive VP of the Americas. He was promoted to executive VP and COO in 2009 and assumed responsibility for all of Kelly’s global operations. Corona also served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Advisory Council on Agriculture, Small Business and Labor.

Aug 24, 2017

SI 100 Europe - 2017, French -

François Roux has been general manager of the French staffing association, Prism’emploi, since 2001. In this role, he represents the interests of the staffing industry, lobbying government and negotiating with social partners and French institutions. In 2013, Roux led the talks with trade unions that resulted in the creation of a form of indefinite duration contract for temporary agency workers. In 2017, the association will be in the spotlight again as a new labour bill is underway.

Aug 23, 2017

SI 100 Europe - 2017, Spanish -

Andreu Cruañas was appointed president of ASEMPLEO, the association of private employment agencies in Spain, in 2013. Cruañas represents the association in the World Employment Confederation. He is a member of the executive committee of Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain, also known as CEOE, and has been a board member of CEOE and the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises since 2013.

Cruañas is also a general council member of the Spanish Employment System (Ministry of Employment and Social Security) and the Central Executive Committee of the Public Employment Service of Spain. In his career, Cruañas has alternated between roles in the public and private sector and was formerly the Secretary of Labour and Employment and Director General of Employment of the Catalan Government.