2019

Aug 18, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, Irish -

Anne Heraty has been CEO of Cpl Resources plc since founding the company in 1989. Ireland’s largest recruitment company now counts 22 brands and 48 offices in several countries. Revenue for the last six months of 2018 increased 9% year over year to €278.6 million and gross profit increased 15% to €46.4 million. Heraty last year helped launch Open Doors, a group focused on increasing access to the labour market for marginalised groups. Cpl Resources last year was named one of the best large workplaces in Ireland at the Great Place to Work awards for the fifth consecutive year and won the Best Company Social Responsibility Award at the 2018 NRF Awards.

Aug 19, 2019

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Rosaleen Blair is the founder and CEO of Alexander Mann Solutions, a London-based, global provider of talent outsourcing and consulting services. Since launching the firm in 1996, she has led Alexander Mann through geographic expansion and revenue growth, a management buyout, four private equity relationships and a global economic crisis. Last year, Canada’s Omers Private Equity acquired Alexander Mann from New Mountain Capital in a deal giving the company an enterprise value of £820 million. Her numerous awards include Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year and E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, and she supports organisations including Everywoman, the Prince’s Trust, UNICEF, Modern Muse and more.

Aug 19, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, British -

Neil Carberry became chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation in June 2018.

The REC has been vocal under Carberry’s leadership in the media and government, representing recruitment in the economic debate. He began his recruitment career with executive search firm Fraser Watson in 1999 before earning a post-graduate degree in HR at the London School of Economics and joining the Confederation of British Industry in 2004. He is a member of the council of the conciliation service ACAS and of the Low Pay Commission and an ambassador for British charity Astriid, which connects businesses with professionals who have long-term health problems but who still have many skills to offer.

Aug 18, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, Dutch -

J.H. (Jurriën) Koops, managing director at ABU — the Dutch Federation of Employment Agencies — since 2014, is responsible for the daily management of the bureau. In 2018, ABU introduced a social agenda to enhance public support for temporary work in the Netherlands. The agenda also guides the members of ABU in their daily business. Koops joined ABU in 2002 as head of its Labour Conditions and Legal Affairs team. He was appointed assistant director in 2009 and named director of social affairs in 2012. Koops is also a member of several boards, including the Foundation for Training and Development in the Staffing Industry (Doorzaam) and SNCU.

Aug 18, 2019

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Richard MacMillan is CEO of ICS Group, the largest healthcare staffing firm in Europe. He led ICS Group’s 2018 acquisition of London-based ProClinical Limited, establishing the group’s global presence in life sciences staffing and creating the platform to expand its healthcare workforce solutions across Europe and the US. MacMillan is working with the wider ICS team to support digital enablement and application of data throughout the business. This strategy fueled initiatives across the group since mid-2018, including the launch of new digital therapy and diagnostics services. MacMillan joined Pulse, a trading division of ICS, in 2006 as CEO; Pulse merged with ICS in 2010 and he has led the business since then.

Aug 19, 2019

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Christophe Duchatellier is global head, professional recruitment, Spring Professional and Badenoch & Clark at The Adecco Group. Duchatellier first joined The Adecco Group in 2010 as director general, professional staffing. In 2012, he was appointed regional head for The Adecco Group operations in Japan and Asia and became an executive committee member for The Adecco Group. In 2015, he served as regional head of Asia Pacific. Prior to Adecco, he held leadership roles at Michael Page. Before embarking on his career in recruitment, Duchatellier studied law at the Université Paris-Sorbonne and Université Panthéon-Assas.

Aug 19, 2019

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As group COO, Adrian Adair drives Morson Group’s diversification into new markets and transformation of the technical recruiter’s brand as a UK engineering expert into a global specialist in permanent and interim talent-based solutions. With 19 years’ industry experience, Adair identifies the right internal talent to drive Morson International and the wider Morson Group toward its goal of becoming a £1 billion business. Since he was appointed as COO in October 2018, business turnover is up 39% and profit is up 131%. Adair facilitated Morson International’s partnership with the Girls’ Network and the launch of its Salford division. He’s also involved with Northern Power Women, an organisation that promotes equality in the workplace.

Aug 19, 2019

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Kevin Freeguard was appointed CEO and a board member of UK-based Gattaca in October 2018. His experience within technology businesses, and the sector in general, was a key motivation for his joining a recruitment firm with a focus in the technology space. Freeguard has already put a plan in place for the specialist technology and engineering recruitment firm’s future; it includes simplifying operations, removing less stable and non-core businesses and building core resilient businesses such as UK engineering, UK IT and North American operations through the company’s Matchtech, Networkers and Gattaca Solutions brands. Gattaca reported 2018 group revenue of £667.5 million and has 810 employees worldwide in 13 offices.

Aug 19, 2019

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Regional head of France and Northern Europe and member of the executive committee since 2015, Christophe Catoir joined Groupe Adecco France as internal auditor in 1995. Between 1995 and 2005, Catoir held positions as finance manager and regional manager. In 2005, he was appointed head of permanent placement activities in France, and became a member of the Groupe Adecco France management team in 2007. In 2009, Catoir was appointed managing director of Adecco South-East France and in 2012 took over as managing director for Professional Staffing Groupe Adecco France. He was appointed to his current role in February 2019.

Aug 19, 2019

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On the heels of Randstad’s internal promotion policy, François Béharel devotes his energy to writing a new page in the group’s history. He joined the Vedior group in 1999 as regional director in the north of France. He was appointed general manager in charge of the Vediorbis Network in 2006 and took the chair of the group a year later. Since Randstad’s merger with Vedior in 2009, he has been chairman of the Randstad France Group. In 2013, he was appointed as a member of Randstad’s executive board in charge of France, Belgium & Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay.