French

Samuel Tual

Samuel Tual

Groupe Actual
Chairman

Samuel Tual is chairman of Groupe Actual, the tenth largest staffing firm in France and one of the top privately held staffing firms in the market. Tual co-founded Gérard Tual in 2001 with his father from the merger of their respective staffing firms. In 2014, Samuel Tual was able to secure funding from private equity partners CM-CIC Capital Finance and OuestCroissance in order to pursue the group’s growth strategy in its home market. In 2013 Tual led the acquisition of French firms ObjectifIntérim and Réalis RH.

Manuel Roger

Manuel Roger

Beeline
Managing Director

Manuel Roger is the managing director for Beeline Europe, based in London. As a member of Beeline’s global executive committee, Roger has been leading Beeline’s sustainable exponential growth in Europe since 2011. He established a team of VMS experts who are delivering Beeline services to Beeline’s Fortune 500 client base in Europe. Roger developed his career in a global context, working as an IT systems engineer and project manager. He then moved into procurement and created The Adecco Group’s global procurement function as the first group chief procurement officer. He graduated as a systems engineer and holds an MBA from EM Lyon Business School.

Nathalie Jaoui

Nathalie Jaoui

GroupeCrit
Deputy CEO and Head of Temporary Employment and Recruitment

Nathalie Jaoui became deputy CEO and head of temporary employment and recruitment at GroupeCrit in 2002. Jaoui oversees the ongoing series of acquisitions that is driving GroupeCrit’s growthin the U.S. market. She joined in 1989, served as a director of the company since 1992 and later served as the CFO. Jaoui has also been a director of the French staffing association Prism’emploi since 2003.

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier

Prism'emploi
General Manager
French

With over 25 years of experience in the field of employment, HR management and vocational training, Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier is general manager of Prism’emploi, the French association of employment agencies. She began her career with the Ministry of Labour and Employment in 1991 and attained her current role in 2018. Under her leadership, Prism’emploi prioritised health security during the Covid-19 crisis by distributing recommendations to support companies using temporary workers and the temporary workers themselves. Eynaud-Chevalier also serves on the board of the World Employment Confederation.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Claude Guedj

Claude Guedj

Groupe Crit
Chairman and CEO
French

Staffing 100 Europe | Hall of Fame |  2020

Claude Guedj, chairman and CEO of French staffing firm Groupe Crit, is a pioneer and innovator in the staffing industry. He founded the company in 1962 when it was known as Industrial and Technical Research Centre, an office of studies and calculations serving the mechanical, electrical and computer industries. With 2019 revenue of €2.49 billion, Groupe Crit is the 19th-largest staffing firm in the world, according to SIA. It now has nearly 600 offices operating under different brands serving 30,000 corporate customers in 13 countries.

Claude Guedj pass away in February 2022

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

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.

Daniel Augereau

Daniel Augereau

Synergie
CEO

Daniel Augereau is chairman and CEO of Synergie, the sixth-largest staffing firm in France. He trained as a technical blue collar worker in the aeronautic industry and soon founded his first staffing firm, Europe Technique Assistance, in 1969. Ten years later, the company merged with another staffing firm, Sydergie, resulting in the launch of the Synergie brand.The group largely outperformed the rest of the French market in 2014 while raising the proportion of revenue derived internationally to a record 50%.

Stephane Kasriel

Stephane Kasriel

Upwork
CEO

As CEO of Upwork, Stephane Kasriel drives the company’s vision of connecting businesses with talent faster than ever. The third-largest company by human cloud spend, Upwork boasts more than 5 million company clients and 12 million freelancers. Kasriel first joined the company as a result of the merger with oDesk in 2012, and was responsible for building and leading the company’s global engineering team as senior VP of engineering. Kasriel also co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Education, Gender and Work.

Manuel Roger

Manuel Roger

Beeline
Managing Director, Beeline Europe
French

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

As managing director for Beeline Europe, Manuel Roger ensures that customers and partners in this market consistently receive Beeline’s white glove” service and manages the entirety of Beeline’s end-to-end services. Roger has been in the HR and staffing industry for over two decades, gaining experience in a variety of roles while living and working in five different countries. Of his accolades, Beeline’s rapid and client-focused response to the Covid-19 pandemic is this year’s most satisfying. Working with clients to find and implement original solutions, Roger says hearing their appreciation is the proudest achievement he could name.