SI 100 Europe

Oct 20, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Impellam Group CEO Julia Robertson has worked in staffing for her entire career and has enjoyed both entrepreneurial and corporate success. She founded her own recruitment company in 1986 and later joined Tate as managing director, where she developed her craft, subsequently selling both businesses to Carlisle Staffing Services, now the Impellam Group. Robertson became CEO of Impellam’s UK staffing and managed services businesses after the 2008 merger and was appointed group CEO in April 2013. She formerly served as CEO of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now known as the REC), the professional body for the UK recruitment industry.

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, French -

Alexis de Bretteville is CEO of Hudson Europe, the largest region in terms of revenue for the Hudson. Prior to joining Hudson in 2013, de Bretteville was with Michael Page for more than 20 years, serving most recently as the managing director of the company’s Americas region and as a member of its global executive board. After spending four years helping to grow the company’s French operations into the market leader, he was managing director of Michael Page Spain, Portugal and South America, and then regional managing director of Central and Northern Europe.

Aug 19, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, French -

Daniel Augereau is chairman and CEO of Synergie, the sixth-largest staffing firm in France. In 2018, the group reported revenue of €2.5 billion with international operations representing more than 50% of Synergie’s revenue during the year. Augereau trained as a technical blue-collar worker in the aeronautic industry and soon after founded his first staffing firm, Europe Technique Assistance, in 1969. After merging with another staffing firm 10 years later, the company rebranded as Synergie. It has continued to expand throughout Europe and operates in Canada and Australia. The firm’s future growth plans include possible acquisitions in the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe.

Aug 19, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, Italian -

Maria Raffaella Caprioglio is president of Umana SpA, the fifth-largest staffing firm in Italy with more than 130 branches throughout Italy. She joined Umana in 1998, and in 2001 joined Umana’s board of directors. Caprioglio became VP in 2007 and president in 2012. Caprioglio’s career took off when, at the age of 23, she joined what was then known as the Industrial Association for the province of Venice, becoming the first woman to hold office within that organisation. Caprioglio is a member of the general council of industrial association Assolombarda Confindustria Milano and is a member of its ICT Group Council and Business Services committee.

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 4, 2014

SI 100 Europe - 2014, German -

Eckard Gatzke has served as CEO of Randstad Germany since 2003. He is responsible for the sales organisation, marketing and communications and human resources. In addition, he contributes as country general manager for Tempo-Team, Randstad Professionals and GULP (sister companies). Under his leadership, Randstad Germany became the leading staffing firm in Germany. Prior to joining Randstad, Gatzke distinguished himself as an expert in the restructuring and reorganisation of leading companies in the logistics industry in Germany and Europe. His previous employers included Kuehne& Nagel, TNT, BahnTrans and Rhenus.

Sep 25, 2023

SI 100 Europe - 2023 -

Peter Searle, executive chairman of Norman Broadbent, started his career in IT recruitment in 1988 and quickly became a key leader in the staffing and contingent labour industry. With 34 years of experience, Searle served as CEO for various companies across the vertical. He assumed his role on Norman Broadbent’s board in June 2021; he was executive chairman of Airswift from 2018 to 2021 and chairman of Hiring Hub from January 2020 until November 2022. Looking ahead, Searle plans to continue supporting Norman Broadbent’s leadership by promoting growth within the business, with a focus on evolving company culture to add further value to the organisation.

Aug 18, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, Dutch -

Richard Jager, CEO of Randstad Germany, eagerly develops talents throughout the organization. He has been a member of the management of the Randstad Group Germany since 2017. Jager started his career at Randstad Netherlands in 1995 as a consultant and then took on additional responsibilities in regional Dutch management. In 2010, he became CEO of Randstad Switzerland. Most recently, he was responsible for the international Randstad Global Client Solutions business, which deals with strategic business, HR and talent issues. The economist also sits on the advisory board of Wittenborg University and Nyenrode Business University in Amsterdam.

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.

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, American -

John L. Marshall III has led The Adecco Group’s North America, UK & Ireland, professional staffing region since April 2017. Prior to this, he was the regional head of UK & Ireland from October 2015 to March 2017. Marshall was a practicing attorney with King & Spalding and AT&T before he joined MPS Group in 1998. He joined MPS Group as deputy general counsel with an emphasis on acquisitions and public company reporting. He was promoted to president of Special Counsel in 2001 and named president of Accounting Principals in 2006. Adecco Group named Marshall president of its US finance, office and legal business unit after it acquired MPS Group in 2010.