Wessel van Alphen Sr. is the founder and CEO of IT-Staffing, one of the largest IT specialist staffing firms in the European market and the fifth largest staffing firm in the Netherlands. Van Alphen started his first company in 1978 providing the services of self-employed IT specialists to clients. In December 2013, van Alphen Sr. passed the day-to-day running of the business to his son, Wessel van Alphen Jr., who is director of De Staffing Groep, the parent company of IT-Staffing.
Rob Zandbergen is the managing corporate executive officer at Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. and CEO of RGF Staffing. He strives to make a material social impact in RGF Staffing’s local communities by providing mentoring schemes for disadvantaged groups, raising funds for LGBTQ+ charities and supporting local schools’ early career initiatives. Zandbergen’s team trained and hired many thousands of certified employees for testing and vaccination sites. The company also supports relief efforts for Ukraine and is helping refugees find work in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. RGF Staffing aims to be the world’s most sustainable staffing company by 2030.
Jacques van den Broek was appointed CEO and chairman of the executive board of Randstad nv in March 2014. He is responsible for Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland. In addition, van den Broek is responsible for global IT, business concept development, HR, marketing and communications and public affairs. He joined Randstad as a branch manager in 1988. Appointments followed as regional director in the Netherlands and, subsequently, as marketing director Randstad Europe. In 2002, he moved to Capac Inhouse Services as managing director, also taking on responsibility for Randstad in Denmark and Switzerland.
Richard Jager, CEO of Randstad Germany, eagerly develops talents throughout the organization. He has been a member of the management of the Randstad Group Germany since 2017. Jager started his career at Randstad Netherlands in 1995 as a consultant and then took on additional responsibilities in regional Dutch management. In 2010, he became CEO of Randstad Switzerland. Most recently, he was responsible for the international Randstad Global Client Solutions business, which deals with strategic business, HR and talent issues. The economist also sits on the advisory board of Wittenborg University and Nyenrode Business University in Amsterdam.
Jilko Andringa was appointed CEO of German staffing firm Brunel International in December 2017. His most recent position prior to Brunel was president, Northern Europe, of ManpowerGroup; he also previously held management positions at Randstad. In addition to his current position, Andringa is also a member of the supervisory board of EW Facility Services. Under his leadership, Brunel is well-positioned to take advantage of post-Covid market momentum with increased demand for specialists and engineering solutions.
As venture partner, Ilonka Jankovich manages the Randstad Innovation Fund, which has made 17 investments in HR technology since its inception in 2014. Jankovich began her career as an M&A lawyer and in 1996 founded Legal FlexForce, a permanent recruitment and contracting firm based in the Netherlands. Monster/TMP bought the company in 2001. Jankovich then launched professional recruitment firm ProfiPower in 2004, selling the business to Randstad in 2010, at which time she was appointed general manager of Randstad Hungary. She left Randstad in 2012, returning in 2013 to launch the Innovation Fund. Jankovich also is a supervisory board member for several HR tech firms.
Jacques van den Broek is CEO and chairman of the executive board of Randstad, the second largest staffing firm in the world. He is responsible for Germany, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Singapore & Malaysia, Business Concept Development, Global Client Solutions, HR, Marketing & Communications, and Public Affairs. Van den Broek joined Randstad in 1988 as a branch manager and has held various position at the company throughout his career. He was appointed to the executive board in 2004.
Dimitri Yocarini is CEO and a majority shareholder of Olympia, the seventh-largest staffing firm in the Netherlands. He is also a board member of the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU). Yocarini and the ABU board last year published research into the future of work in the Netherlands and what the labour market would look like in 2030. Yocarini sees the Dutch labour market becoming more unbalanced in terms of labour supply and demand but says the goal of the temporary employment sector is to contribute to a “balanced and vital” labour market. He hopes the research will lead to discussions that will inform future strategy.
As managing corporate executive officer at Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd., Rob Zandbergen leads Recruit group’s global staffing business unit, RGF Staffing. Headquartered in the Netherlands, RGF Staffing is one of the world’s leading HR service providers, with annual revenue of approximately US$12 billion. Previously, Zandbergen was CEO and CFO of the publicly listed USG People. Active in the staffing sector since early 2003, Zandbergen has held various international and national executive and supervisory positions at publicly listed companies. Under his leadership, the staffing business of Recruit and the activities of USG People were successfully combined in a global business unit as part of the Recruit group network.
In 1960, Frits Goldschmeding cofounded Uitzendbureau Amstelveen — renamed Randstad in 1964 — after writing a thesis on temporary work for his master’s degree in economics. CEO for 38 years, he grew the company into a global giant and actively lobbied to improve the image of the staffing industry as well as strengthen the legal position of staffing employees. Randstad is now the largest staffing firm in the world. Goldschmeding retired as CEO in 1999 and joined the supervisory board of Randstad Holding; he retired from the board in 2011. He continues to be the largest shareholder in the company. In 2015, he founded the Goldschmeding Foundation, which supports projects that respond to important societal issues involving people, work and economy.
