Jean-Philippe Papin is the CEO of the French staffing firm Leader Intérim. The company was founded in 1992 and claims an average annual growth of 35 percent since its inception. Leader Intérim is among the top 15 staffing firms in France and provides temporary workers, permanent recruitment services and training.
Alexis de Bretteville is Hudson’s CEO of Europe, responsible for the management and operational leadership of the company’s European business. 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 served as managing director of Michael Page Spain, Portugal and South America, and then as regional managing director of Central and Northern Europe.
Helga Schwitzer is the executive board member of the IG Metall Union and is responsible for collective bargaining. Schwitzer successfully negotiated a new collective agreement for the metal and electrical industry and agreed to a 15 percent wage increase for agency workers in the sector, an agreement that led to collective bargaining agreements in other industries. From 1985 to 2007, Schwitzer was the union secretary of IG Metall district headquarters of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. She is also an honorary judge at the Federal Labour court in Erfurt and is a member of the SPD.
Alain Roumilhac is ManpowerGroup’s president of Southern Europe, the largest region for the business in terms of revenue. Previously, he served as president of Experis and ManpowerGroup Solutions in France as well as segment leader for Experis Southern Europe. Before he joined ManpowerGroup, Roumilhac was CEO of the French IT Management services firm Osiatis, and previously spent 20 years in various positions in IBM, the latest being vice president of business lines, IBM Global Services West Region.
Roland Gomez is the managing director of the French staffing group Proman, which was founded in 1990. Proman is the seventh-largest staffing firm in France and the largest privately held staffing firm operating in the French market. Prior to this, Gomez trained as an industrial steelworker, and later worked as a branch manager for an engineering services firm.
Luigi Brugnaro is president of Italian staffing firm Umana Holdings. In 1986, at age 25, he founded Everap, a provider of commercial networks, which he still co-owns. In 1997, he founded Umana, which today has more than 700 employees and 114 branches. From 2009 to 2013, he was president of Confindustria Venice (Italian employers’ federation). In October 2012 he was elected president of Assolavoro, the Italian National Association for Employment Agencies. In 2006, he bought S.S.D. Reyer Venezia Mestre, the oldest basketball sports club in Italy.
Alex Mulder has been a supervisory board member of USG People NV since 2006. As the founder of Unique Uitzendbureau in 1972, he is also effectively the founder of USG People, of which he was chairman and chief executive officer up to 2006. It was during his tenure that the acquisition of Belgian staffing group Solvus was successfully completed.
YvonDrouet is the CFO of Synergie, the fifth-largest staffing firm in France and one of the largest staffing firms in Europe. Publicly listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, the company is expanding rapidly outside its home market.
Nathalie Jaoui became deputy CEO and head of temporary employment and recruitment at GroupeCrit in 2002. Jaoui oversees the ongoing series of acquisitions that is driving GroupeCrit’s growthin the U.S. market. She joined in 1989, served as a director of the company since 1992 and later served as the CFO. Jaoui has also been a director of the French staffing association Prism’emploi since 2003.
Martin Alonso was appointed regional head of Northern Europe, Adecco, in August 2011. Alonso joined Adecco Spain in 1993 as branch manager. In 1998, after having held various operational positions, he was appointed as the finance manager for Adecco Spain and Portugal. From 2003 to 2005, he was the regional finance manager for Adecco Central Europe. As of 2007, he also took on the role of operational manager for Adecco Portugal. From 2009 to September 2011, he held the position of finance manager for Iberia and South America.
