2020

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

In 2020, Ilonka Jankovich co-founded Taptrove Ventures, which invests in WorkTech startups, providing solutions to boost productivity, enable a distributed workforce and improve professional journeys. She is also managing partner of the Randstad Innovation Fund, which she co-founded in 2014. the fund has made 20 investments in HR technology firms and deployed close to €50 million. In the past year, the Fund made early stage investments in ZapInfo and This is Alice in the US and ValidatedID in Spain. The Fund sees an opportunity to create European leaders that span several countries and has an initiative that will look primarily at Europe and the world of work in a more holistic way.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Jan Gupta is president of The Adecco Group’s Modis brand, the group’s IT and engineering staffing and solutions division. He assumed this newly created role and joined The Adecco Group’s executive committee in 2019. A German national, Gupta’s experience includes managing global teams at engineering and technology businesses. His academic background is in mechanical engineering and economics. Gupta holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from Aachen University, Germany. His career spans more than 20 years in the technology industry, most recently as COO and board member of Schunk Group, a German advanced engineering company.

Oct 20, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

James Reed is chairman of Reed Global. Founded in 1960, it now has more than 3,000 employees working in 140 locations worldwide. During the Covid-19 crisis, 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. He joined the company in 1992 after graduating from Harvard Business School. 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.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Even Hagelien has been director, staffing industry, for the Norwegian Federation of Service Industries and Retail Trade, or NHO, since 2007. In that time, he has also represented Norway at the private employment industries, international bodies’ Ciett and later at the World Employment Confederation when it rebranded from Ciett. In 2011, Hagelien co-founded the Nordic Network, where Nordic staffing federations discuss common matters. In 2015, he became chair of the Eurociett Research Committee and later the WEC Economic Affairs Committee. In 2019, he was elected as a member of the global board of the World Employment Confederation.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

CEO Jack Beaman, along with co-founder Novo Abakare, developed Syft (Indeed Flex) out of a drive to change how temp staffing works by helping to democratise access to both people and work. Since 2015, the on-demand staffing platform has expanded throughout the UK from London, connecting thousands of employers in hospitality, light industrial, facilities management and care sectors with more than 35,000 verified workers on the app. The company in 2017 also launched SyftForce, an SaaS workforce management platform, enabling enterprises to efficiently manage internal and external casuals in one place, maximising productivity and cost-efficiency. In June 2019, Indeed acquired Syft.

Oct 20, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Rosario Rasizza, CEO of Openjobmetis SpA, started his career in 1997 when he opened Temporary S.p.A. of Milan in Varese. In 2001, he led the launch of a new employment agency and contributed toward the creation of Openjob SpA. Between 2003 and 2011, he guided Openjob through a series of acquisitions. He has been chairman of Assosomm, the Italian Association of Employment Agencies, since 2013. In 2008, he was appointed Knight of the Italian Republic and in 2018 he became Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Alistair Cox is group CEO of global recruitment agency Hays plc, having held that position since 2007. He is a chartered engineer with a degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Salford. He also holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in California, US. Cox began his career at British Aerospace and eventually moved into staffing, having been appointed chief executive at Xansa plc, the IT outsourcing organisation, before joining Hays. He has also served as a non-executive director at 3i Plc and at Just Eat, and is currently chairman of the British and Irish Modern Music Institute.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

As group CEO of London-based nGage Specialist Recruitment, a portfolio of highly specialist recruitment companies, Tim Cook enables member businesses to develop their strategies and empowers management to execute their plans. Cook has more than 30 years of experience in recruitment and was the global head of digital and business innovation at Hays, where he oversaw digital activities in 32 countries before attaining his current position in 2013. In 2019, two nGage businesses were named in The Sunday Times Best Companies list. Cook places the customer above all else, leading the boards of each group company to deliver exemplary service on high-profit growth targets to create value for shareholders.

Oct 31, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

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 was a member of Exel plc’s executive board and chairman of its acquisitions and project review board.

Oct 16, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Geraldine King is CEO of the National Recruitment Federation, which establishes and maintains standards and codes of practice for the recruitment industry in Ireland. She has focused on expanding the NRF’s services and has introduced the accredited certificate in recruitment practice to the Irish recruitment industry — the only certificate for recruiters in Ireland. Believing the recruitment industry should be viewed as a profession and have a full academic career path, King has been instrumental in development of the world’s first undergraduate three-year degree apprenticeship programme for recruiters; in partnership with the National College of Ireland, it launched in September 2020.