French

Olivier Lemaitre

Olivier Lemaitre

PageGroup
Executive Board Director Europe

Olivier Lemaitre is executive board director Europe at PageGroup, in charge of the group’s operations in continental Europe. He launched Michael Page Brazil in 1999 and returned to Europe in 2002 to lead the Frankfurt office. He was later appointed as managing director of Michael Page in Germany and Switzerland and launched the Austrian business.

François Roux

François Roux

Prism’emploi
General Manager

François Roux has been general manager of the French staffing association (Prism’emploi) since 2001. In this role, he represents the interests of the staffing industry, lobbying government and negotiating with social partners and French institutions. In 2013, Roux led the talks with trade unions that resulted in the creation of a form of indefinite duration contract for temporary agency workers. In 2016, the association will be in the spotlight again as a new labour bill is underway.

Etienne Colella

Etienne Colella

PIXID
CEO

Etienne Colella is the CEO of PIXID, the largest VMS in France, which he founded in 2004. PIXID offers a complete SAAS application that is compliant with the many aspects of the regulation required to provide and use temporary staff in France. In 2015, the private equity fund Keensight Capital took a majority stake in the company. Previously, Colella spent 14 years in the IT industry, where he held various senior positions. Colella graduated from ESSEC Business School in Paris.

Jean-Philippe Papin

Jean-Philippe Papin

Actual Leader Group
General Director
French

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

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 and was the 11th-largest staffing firm in France. Pursuing international development and moving toward its objective of 20% turnover abroad while strengthening its positioning on the European continent, Actual Leader Group in July 2019 acquired a majority stake of Dutch HR services firm Flexfactory (renamed Flexfamily in June 2020), and saw €500 million in 2019 revenue.

Jean-Philippe Papin

Jean-Philippe Papin

Leader Intérim
Founder and CEO

Jean-Philippe Papin is founder and CEO of the French staffing firm Leader Intérim. The company was founded in 1992 and has seen double-digit annual growth since its inception. 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. Leader Intérim also has operations in Luxembourg and Portugal. In 2017, Leader Intérim reported €430 million in sales.

Thibault Lefebvre

Thibault Lefebvre

Grafton Recruitment Group
CEO

Thibault Lefebvre is CEO of Grafton Recruitment Group, managing operations performance and organisation of the Grafton Recruitment staffing and SpenglerFox executive brands. He is a senior executive with many years’ experience in the general management of midsize to large organisations, in finance and in business operations. Lefebvre has a strong commitment to entrepreneurship and maximising profit growth, along with expertise in private equity and executive and non-executive board functions. Prior to Grafton Recruitment Group, Lefebvre served for nine years as managing director at Page Group for Russia, Switzerland and Central & Eastern Europe. He previously held key financial roles at Richmond, Gucci, Parisot Group and Valeo.

Jean-Philippe Papin

Jean-Philippe Papin

Intérim
CEO

Jean-Philippe Papin is the CEO of the French staffing firm Leader Intérim. The company was founded in 1992 and claims an average annual growth of 35 percent since its inception. Leader Intérim is among the top 15 staffing firms in France and provides temporary workers, permanent recruitment services and training.

Nathalie Jaoui

Nathalie Jaoui

Groupe CRIT
Deputy CEO
Groupe CRIT

Nathalie Jaoui is deputy CEO and head of Groupe Crit, a France-based €1.7 billion temporary recruitment provider with 8,200 employees in 12 countries. In 2021, Groupe Crit was featured on Institut Choiseul’s New Conquerors of the Economy, a study honouring 150 companies engaged in conquering their markets. Jaoui has led the group’s external growth strategy in the US market and engaged it in corporate social responsibility. She has also been on the board of directors of Prism’emploi, the French staffing association, and an executive council member of MEDEF.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Philippe Gobinet

Philippe Gobinet

Partnaire Group
President & CEO
French

Philippe Gobinet has led Partnaire Group, France’s oldest temporary employment group, as president and CEO since 1987. Founded in 1952, Partnaire Group is among the largest staffing firms in France, with revenue of €472 million and 630 employees placing 62,000 temporary workers through 180 branches throughout France. In 2018, Gobinet oversaw the acquisition of Inter Conseil. He has been awarded the Chevalier Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit).

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

François Béharel

François Béharel

Randstad
CEO, Randstad France Group, Executive Board Member

On the heels of Randstad’s internal promotion policy, François Béharel devotes his energy to writing a new page in the group’s history. He joined the Vedior group in 1999 as regional director in the north of France. He was appointed general manager in charge of the Vediorbis Network in 2006 and took the chair of the group a year later. Since Randstad’s merger with Vedior in 2009, he has been chairman of the Randstad France Group. In 2013, he was appointed as a member of Randstad’s executive board in charge of France, Belgium & Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay.