SI 100 Europe

Oct 10, 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2022, British -

CEO of Gattaca plc since April, Matthew Wragg has been an integral part of the company for over two decades. As the previous chief customer officer, Wragg has been instrumental in sustaining long-term relationships with Gattaca’s key customers and shaping its global cultural and sales strategy, including the vision to make Gattaca the talent partner of choice for organisations requiring STEM talent. Wragg is also a member of the advisory board at the Institute for Collaborative Working and has held positions at several universities and the Confederation of British Industry.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Oct 14, 2021

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A chartered accountant and also US-qualified, Paul Venables was appointed group finance director of Hays plc in 2006 and has helped transform the company into a preeminent global specialist recruitment business with operations in 33 countries. He started his career at Deloitte & Touche as senior manager in its US practice. This was followed by a 13-year career at Exel plc, where he held a number of senior finance and operational roles, including deputy group finance director, and he was a member of Exel plc’s executive board and chairman of its acquisitions and project review board.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Oct 31, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, Dutch -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

As managing corporate executive officer at Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd., Rob Zandbergen leads Recruit group’s global staffing business unit, RGF Staffing. Headquartered in the Netherlands, RGF Staffing is one of the world’s leading HR service providers, with annual revenue of approximately US$12 billion. Previously, Zandbergen was CEO and CFO of the publicly listed USG People. Active in the staffing sector since early 2003, Zandbergen has held various international and national executive and supervisory positions at publicly listed companies. Under his leadership, the staffing business of Recruit and the activities of USG People were successfully combined in a global business unit as part of the Recruit group network.

Oct 5, 2022

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With over two decades of experience in recruitment, Nicola McQueen has continued to develop creative staffing solutions to complex business challenges across the private and public sectors. As CEO of NHS Professionals since 2019, McQueen led the business through the Covid-19 pandemic, successfully recruiting more than 50,000 healthcare professionals to the NHS at a critical time for the country. She continues to grow key parts of the business, such as its international offerings and non-nursing business. A passionate advocate of women and well-being, McQueen has been featured on SIA’s Global Power 150 — Women in Staffing list for several years.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Oct 13, 2021

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The Orion Group was established by chairman Alan Savage in 1987 to provide personnel to rig construction yards at Nigg. By achieving consistent growth over the years, the group now places more than 4,000 contractors every year via its worldwide network of offices throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa. It also provides specialist recruitment services across several sectors, including life sciences, new energies, oil and gas, construction and infrastructure, mining, nuclear, power and utilities, marine, rail, IT, finance and office. Savage is the former chairman of SPFL’s Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Aug 24, 2017

SI 100 Europe - 2017, German -

Franz-Josef Schürmann is Adecco’s chief sales and innovation officer, a position he assumed in July 2017. Prior to that, he led Adecco’s Germany, Austria, Switzerland region since January 2016. He started his career at Accenture in 1996. As a member of the German and European leadership teams of Accenture, in 2008 he was named global client partner for several DAX 30 companies. From 2010 to 2015, Schürmann was country head of Germany for Infosys Ltd. He is a board member for AmCham, the American Chamber of Commerce, Germany; and a member of the Senate of Acatech, the national academy of science and engineering, Germany. Schürmann holds a master of science in business administration and agricultural economics from Purdue University in the US, where he studied as a Fulbright scholar.

Oct 31, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, Polish -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

As president of Work Service from March 2019 to August 2020, Iwona Szmitkowska led the company through a restructuring process and was a key player in the majority stake acquisition of Work Service by Gi Group, which was finalised in August. Now VP of Work Service SA, she plans to focus within the Polish market on automation of HR processes, HR restructuring, and recruitment and outsourcing. Associated with Work Service since 2003, she is also president of the Work Service Foundation and since 2017 has been the president of the management board of the Employment Agencies Association, the largest Polish organisation specializing in delivering HR.

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, Belgian -

Alain Dehaze was recently named CEO of Adecco. He joined the Adecco Group in 2009 as regional head of Northern Europe and was appointed regional head of France in 2011. From September 2007 until joining Adecco, he was CEO of the Humares. From 2002 to 2005, he was CEO of Solvus, becoming COO of USG People upon USG’s acquisition of Solvus 2005. From 1987 until 2000, Dehaze held a number of senior positions at Henkel and ISS. In 2000, he became managing director of Creyf’s Interim in Belgium (now Start People). Dehaze is VP of the board of the Eurociett, the European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies, and is also on the board of the Ciett, the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies.

Oct 13, 2021

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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 15, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Nigel Heap is managing director EMEA and UK and Ireland, chairman Asia Pacific for Hays, the sixth-largest staffing firm in the world with global revenue of €6.5 billion. Heap has been a member of the Hays management board for many years and is responsible for 16 of the 33 countries in Hays. He joined Hays UK in 1988 as a trainee consultant. A few promotions later, in 2012, Heap was appointed UK & Ireland managing director and chairman of the Asia Pacific business, and in 2017 he was appointed managing director of 12 countries in the EMEA region.