British

Jon Ball

Jon Ball

Sanderson plc
CEO
British

Jon Ball has served as CEO of Sanderson for two years. He joined the group in 1996 as a trainee recruitment consultant and steadily worked his way up to chief executive in 2020. Sanderson ranks among the largest staffing ­ rms in the UK, according to SIA research. In the first quarter of 2022, despite coming out of an incredibly challenging few years, Sanderson achieved the best quarter it has had in years. Ball attributes this success to the company’s clear strategic objectives, specialised service and the perseverance to deliver exceptional results.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Tim Cook

Tim Cook

nGage Specialist Recruitment
Group CEO

Tim Cook believes that if you put the customer first, all parties will win, and since joining London-based nGAGE Specialist Recruitment as group CEO in April 2013, he has led the board of each company within the group to drive customer-centric, sustainable client relationships that create real shareholder value. Cook has over 30 years of recruitment experience. Prior to nGAGE, he was global head of digital and business innovation at Hays, where he oversaw digital activities in 32 countries. Two nGAGE businesses were named in The Sunday Times Best Companies 2019 list.

Giles Daubeney

Giles Daubeney

Robert Walters
COO

Giles Daubeney is COO of Robert Walters. He joined the group in 1988, after working in recruitment for Accountancy SelectionLimited and Badenock& Clark Ltd. From 1990 to 1994, he was based in Amsterdam and responsible for the Robert Walters Dutch and Belgian operations. Daubeney was appointed to his currentrole in 1999, and was appointed to the board in 2000.

Robert Scott

Robert Scott

Rullion
Managing Director

Robert Scott is group managing director of Rullion, which had revenue of £278 million in its latest reported year. The company operates in the engineering, IT, construction, commercial and industrial sectors and has 260 staff across 25 offices nationwide.

Andrew Hogarth

Andrew Hogarth

Staffline
CEO

Andrew Hogarth is CEO of Staffline, which had revenue of £416 million in its latest financial year. He has been with the company since 2002. ISIS funded the buy in/management buyout of the firm in 2000 and introduced Hogarth as finance director. Hogarth helped float the firm on AIM in 2004 and has been chief executive since 2003. He is a certified neuro-linguistic programming coach.

Robert Walters

Robert Walters

Michael Page
Staff

After three years at Touche Ross, Robert Walters joined the recruitment firm Michael Page as one of its very first employees. Following an eight-year period that included setting up the firm’s New York office, he returned to London and established Robert Walters in 1985, specialising in junior to middle management professional positions.

Seb O’Connell

Seb O’Connell

Cielo
President, EMEA & APAC

Seb O’Connell’s focus on creating a sustainable, innovative, efficient and agile organisation resulted in his regions growing at more than twice the market rate in 2018 and his promotion to president in early 2019. He is the executive leader for the EMEA and APAC regions as well as Cielo’s global executive team sponsor of total talent acquisition, employer brand and executive search. O’Connell is dedicated to providing a positive employee experience and believes success comes from diverse and inclusive teams. From a client perspective, he is most proud of the 2018 launch of the Cielo Total Talent programme with Société Générale — disrupting the approach to permanent, contingent, executive and graduate recruitment in one programme.

Paul Venables

Paul Venables

Hays plc
Finance Director
British

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

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Ann Swain

Ann Swain

Association of Professional Staffing Companies
CEO

Ann Swain has been the CEO of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) since 1999 when it was established as a trade body focusing on technology staffing companies. In 2009, the organisation broadened its offering to provide specialist support and a voice for recruitment firms operating in professional staffing sectors in the UK and Asia. Swain has more than 30 years’ recruitment experience, including time as managing director of Learning Curve and UK sales director at Computer People. Swain is a global commentator on professional recruitment trends and a regular speaker at UK and international recruitment conferences.

Neil Carberry

Neil Carberry

Recruitment and Employment Confederation
CEO
British

Neil Carberry is chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, the leading body for the UK’s £39 billion recruitment and staffing industry. Since arriving in 2018, Carberry has transformed the presence of the REC, with greater reach across the industry, the media and policy makers, driven by sharper content, tone and brand. The pandemic saw REC step up, providing key support that helped firms survive. The REC’s Recruitment for Recovery campaign and revised business advice is positioning firms for success for the post-pandemic world. Its success is represented by a third straight year of rising new membership.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021