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Staffing 100 Europe | Hall of Fame |  2020

Sir Alec Reed in 1960 founded Reed, the largest family-run recruitment business in the world. In 1972, he founded Reed Business School, a residential training centre for accountants and the only business school to specialise in recruitment. In 1995, he and his son James founded UK job board reed.co.uk and in 1998 created Reed in Partnership, which has helped more than 150,000 unemployed people into work. Sir Reed has set up a number of charities including The Big Give, which has raised over £125 million for worthy causes, Reed Foundation, Womankind and Ethiopiaid. He has written several books and was knighted in 2011 for his service to business and charity.

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Staffing 100 Europe | Hall of Fame |  2020

Robert Walters established specialist professional recruitment consultancy Robert Walters in 1985 in London. The £1.22 billion Robert Walters Group now comprises three specialist brands providing recruitment consultancy, staffing, recruitment process outsourcing and managed services. The company operates across 31 countries and employs more than 3,700 people. Walters began his career with Touche Ross, and in 1978 he joined the recruitment firm Michael Page, where he set up its New York office before returning to London to found his own business. In 2015, the company’s operations were certified as 100% Carbon Balanced worldwide by the World Land Trust. In 2020, the group pledged to plant a tree for every permanent candidate it placed.

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Staffing 100 Europe | Hall of Fame | 2022

Alistair Cox has led Hays plc as CEO since 2007. With 10,800 staff across four divisions operating from 256 offices in 33 countries, Hays is listed as the sixth-largest staffing firm in the world by SIA. Under Cox’s leadership, the company reached £6.59 billion in revenue in the fiscal year ended June 30, with net fees surging 32% during the period to £1.18 billion.

A chartered engineer who began his career at British Aerospace, Cox entered the staffing industry through his 2002 appointment as chief executive of Xansa plc, an IT outsourcing organisation. He holds a degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Salford and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in the US state of California.

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Staffing 100 Europe | Hall of Fame | 2022

Carmen Watson is chair of Pertemps Network Group, a £1 billion UK recruitment business that has achieved three-star world-class status in the Large Best Companies (formerly Sunday Times) award for 16 consecutive years for its employee engagement.

Watson was presented this year with an honorary doctorate from Aston University for her contribution to the development of employment opportunities for people from all sectors of the community.

She is a member of Aston University’s advancement board and works with the leadership team of Business in the Community. She also is trustee and chair of the Women in Business Patrons’ group for the Lord Mayor of Birmingham’s Charity, sits on the West Midlands Regional Council and is a member of CBI’s Changing Workforce and Skills committees working to create thriving regions and nations.