French

Sylvestre Blavet

Sylvestre Blavet

Freelance.com
Chairman

Sylvestre Blavet assumed the role of chairman of the board of French online staffing group Freelance.com in January 2019 and was appointed as interim CEO, a role he held until mid-2019. He is also chairman of Paris-based CBV Ingénierie Group, the largest shareholder of Freelance.com. Leadership comes naturally to Blavet, having previously been president of human resources companies such as Petrolis, AD’missions portage salarial and Gpc S.A. Freelance.com, which reported €187 million in sales in 2018, aims to exceed €220 million in sales this year and surpass €500 million within five years.

Paul Jacquin

Paul Jacquin

Randstad
Managing Director, Randstad Innovation Fund

Paul Jacquin joined Randstad in 2006, overseeing a number of geographies in Europe and Asia from a finance and strategy perspective. He led several acquisitions including that of Fujistaff (Japan) and RiseSmart (US) and co-founded the Randstad Innovation Fund in 2014. He holds board membership positions at global HR tech companies such as Goodwall, Checkster, Coffreo and gr8People as well as observer seats at Pymetrics, Wade & Wendy and Allyo. Jacquin’s deep knowledge and experience has enabled him to seize emerging technology trends as a way to build new or transform existing business models. A private investor and coach, Jacquin has been helping startups and organisations grow for over 20 years.

Christophe Catoir

Christophe Catoir

Adecco
Regional head of France

Christophe Catoir is Adecco’s regional head of France. He joined Groupe Adecco France as internal auditor in 1995, immediately after his studies at the IESEG School of Management. In 2012, he was appointed managing director for Professional Staffing Groupe Adecco France. 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, leading a network of 350 branches and 1,300 employees.

Stephane Kasriel

Stephane Kasriel

Upwork
CEO

Stephane Kasriel was promoted to CEO of Upwork in April 2015. In this role Kasriel has rebranded the business to Upwork (from Elance-oDesk), to become the third-largest company by human cloud spend. Kasriel first joined the company in 2012 and rose to SVP of product engineering before becoming CEO. As SVP, he was responsible for the company’s platform and technical team.

Christophe Duchatellier

Christophe Duchatellier

Global Head, Spring Professional and Badenoch & Clark,
Professional Recruitment, The Adecco Group
French

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Christophe Duchatellier has been global head, professional recruitment, Spring Professional and Badenoch+Clark at The Adecco Group since 2018. 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.

Jean-Philippe Papin

Jean-Philippe Papin

Actual Leader Group
Founder and CEO
French

Jean-Philippe Papin is general director of France-based Actual Leader Group, established in November 2018 after the merger of temporary employment firms Groupe Actual and Leader Intérim. He had been CEO of the latter, which he founded in 1992. The combined group is now the seventh-largest staffing firm in France. Earlier this year, the group acquired France-based HR services firm Ressources RH Group. Also this year, Flexfamily, owned by Actual Leader Group, acquired Evolon, a Dutch-based training provider. Actual Leader has 2,300 internal and 135,000 temporary workers in a network of more than 470 agencies in Europe.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier

Prism'emploi
General Manager

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier was appointed general manager of Prism’emploi, the French association of employment agencies, in May 2018. Prior to Prism’emploi, she was deputy director general strategy and social innovation for Lee Hecht Harrison-Altedia. Eynaud- Chevalier began her career with the Ministry of Labour and Employment in 1991. She then joined the HR department of the Ministry of Culture and Communication; in 2003 she joined the Regional Directorate of Work, Employment and Vocational Training of Ile-de- France as deputy director responsible for the labour market. Throughout her more than 20 years’ work within the French government, she held various positions in the fields of employment, vocational training and HR management.

Jean-Philippe Papin

Jean-Philippe Papin

Intérim
Founder and CEO

Jean-Philippe Papin is the founder and CEO of the French staffing firm Leader Intérim. The company was founded in 1992 and claims an average annual growth of 20% since its inception. In 2015, the company gained market share in France, and in the first half of 2016, Leader opened four new branches in France. Leader Intérim is among the top 10 staffing firms in France, providing temporary workers, permanent recruitment services and training. The company entered the Swiss market in 2014 with the acquisition of Max Studer Intérim.

Étienne Colella

Étienne Colella

Pixid Group
Founder & Chairman
French

Étienne Colella is chairman of Pixid Group, a France-headquartered VMS provider he founded in 2004. With more than 14 years of experience in the IT sector, Colella previously held several senior positions before entering his current role. Pixid provides a complete SaaS application, compliant with European regulation, for providing and using temporary staff and has developed its growth through acquisitions. After acquiring Amris (UK) in 2016, it bought The Internet Corp. (UK) in 2017 and Carerix (Netherlands) in 2018. Currently, Colella and his team are building a central online platform designed to connect a wide range of HR features.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Manuel Roger

Manuel Roger

Adecco Group
Global Procurement Director

As SVP, EMEA markets and operations, Manuel Roger is responsible for Beeline’s operations in Europe. He joined Adecco Group in 1998 as an international IT project manager, where he was responsible for front-office solutions, online testing, and e-commerce platforms. In 2002, Roger became an IT international procurement manager for Adecco Group. In 2014, he became Adecco Group global procurement director and successfully developed Adecco Group’s global procurement department. Roger served as Adecco Group’s LATAM zone finance director from 2009 to 2011. He then became SVP international product management at Beeline to expand Beeline’s product and service offerings outside of North America.