SI 100 Europe - 2016, British -

James Reed is chairman of the Reed Global group of companies, which was founded by Reed’s father, Sir Alec Reed, in 1960. The company has 2,931 permanent employees working across 456 business units in 134 locations worldwide. Reed is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and was formerly an associate of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit and a member of the Institute for Public Policy Research’s business-led taskforce on race equality and diversity in the private sector. Reed is coauthor of the award-winning and best-selling book Put Your Mindset to Work.

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As group finance officer of Hays plc since 2006, Paul Venables helped transform the company into the £6.59 billion global specialist recruiter it is today: With four divisions and 253 offices in 32 countries, Hays is the sixth-largest staffing firm in the world, according to SIA. A chartered accountant, Venables started his career at Deloitte & Touche, followed by a 13-year career at Exel plc, where he held several senior finance and operational roles, including deputy group finance director and executive board member. Venables retired from Hays in September and currently is a non-executive director and audit committee chair of Manchester Airports Group.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2017, British -

In October 2016, Matthew Taylor was appointed to lead an independent review into modern employment in the UK. The resulting “Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices,” published in July, considered the implications of new forms of work on worker rights and responsibilities, as well as on employer freedoms and obligations and how to address future challenges facing the UK labour market. At press time, it is unclear how or whether any of the recommendations will make their way into legislation.

Taylor is the CEO for the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Previously, he was the chief adviser on political strategy to Prime Minister Tony Blair. Other roles include Labour Party director of policy and deputy general secretary and chief executive of the Institute for Public Policy Research, the UK’s leading left-of-centre think tank.

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Matthew Rodger, Alexander Mann Solutions’ chief growth and commercial officer since 2017, has been with the London-based RPO and MSP provider for nearly 20 years. Rodger wears many hats, including overseeing the commercialisation of AMS’ products and services, new logo development and significant business development of existing customers, as well as managing all corporate mergers and acquisitions. In 2019, he led AMS to the successful acquisition of Karen AI, its first foray into proprietary direct-to-market technology now called Hourly. Known as a creative solution provider, Rodger has been recognized by august organisations for his contributions to the industry.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2017, British -

Andrew Preston joined de Poel healthcare in 2013 as managing director and was responsible for a period of significant growth, which led to his appointment in 2015 as group managing director. Following a September 2016 management buyout, which he led, Preston became CEO and is currently delivering record revenue and double-digit EBITDA growth for the UKbased firm. Preston has worked in healthcare and the wider public sector for almost 20 years after starting his career in the National Health Service. An experienced business leader with a global health background — including the sale of his own clinical service business to global service provider Serco Group plc — Preston has experience in growth and development of FTSE 100 companies, PLCs, private equity-backed and private organisations.

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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

SI 100 Europe - 2017, British -

Gary Elden, CEO of SThree, was awarded by the queen in 2016 with an Officer for the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to diversity in business. A year earlier he won the prestigious Black British Business Person of the Year award.

Elden has been CEO of SThree since January 2013, after serving as its deputy CEO since May 2012. Before that, Elden was SThree’s chief strategy officer. He has held a number of senior positions, including that of founding managing director of Huxley Associates. As chief strategy officer, he was responsible for the expansion of the group’s international operations and non-ICT disciplines. Elden joined SThree’s IT recruitment brand, Computer Futures, as a recruitment consultant in 1990.

SI 100 Europe - 2016, British -

Gary Elden has been CEO of SThree since January 2013 after serving as its deputy CEO since May 2012. Before that, Elden was SThree’s chief strategy officer. He has held a number of senior positions, including that of founding managing director of Huxley Associates. As chief strategy officer, he was responsible for the expansion of the group’s international operations and non-ICT disciplines.

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Kevin Freeguard was appointed CEO and a board member of UK-based Gattaca in October 2018. His senior leadership experience within technology businesses such as Siemens, Motorola, De La Rue and Verifone gives him first-hand knowledge of the challenges global organisations face in securing the skills they need to succeed. He recognised Gattaca had the opportunity to solve the critical talent challenges faced in the converging engineering and technology skills arena. Since joining Gattaca, Freeguard has focused its strategy on developing a value-adding product portfolio, bolstering its customer-aligned go-to-market approach and enhancing its skill-based fulfillment capabilities, while also investing in digitalised and efficient processes.