Meet the 2023 champions of change in the €230 billion European staffing market. This list, compiled by SIA, includes entrepreneurs, CEOs, reformers, lawyers and businesspeople with a wide range of skills and accomplishments who hail from a multitude of staffing markets in the region. We honour the 21 members of the Staffing 100 Europe Hall of Fame whose indelible impact is at the core of the industry’s evolution. These lists are not a ranking, but a shout-out to those who have made a difference in the world of work.
Nathalie Jaoui

Nathalie Jaoui

For more than 20 years as deputy CEO of France-based Groupe Crit’s management team and president of the temporary employment division, Nathalie Jaoui drove global growth strategy with an emphasis on corporate social responsibility. She was appointed chairman and CEO in 2022. Already a provider with more than 8,000 employees in 12 countries, Jaoui led(…)

David Leigh

David Leigh

As CEO of AMS since 2019, David Leigh is bringing talent technology to the forefront of strategy at the global talent solutions firm. Over the past 12 months, Leigh and his AMS colleagues have led several humanitarian efforts during the Ukraine crisis, including collecting medical supplies, repurposing office space for temporary accommodation and establishing job(…)

Francesco Baroni

Francesco Baroni

Francesco Baroni is the country manager in Italy for Gi Group Holding, a staffing firm that has grown to cover 30 countries across three continents. He recently shifted his role from global innovation and technology to ensure the company’s brands work together to create a sustainable and flexible global labour market that includes professional staffing,(…)

Even Hagelien

Even Hagelien

Since 2007, Even Hagelien has served as director of staffing industry for the Norwegian Federation of Service Industries and Retail Trade (NHO SH). He also sits on the global board of the World Employment Confederation. In his tenure, Hagelien has co-founded the Nordic Network for staffing federations in 2011 and chaired the WEC Economic Affairs(…)

Jilko Andringa

Jilko Andringa

A 26-plus year staffing industry veteran, Jilko Andringa is CEO of Brunel International, a €1.2 billion global provider of specialist workforce solutions. Netherlands-based Brunel was ranked by SIA as the 61st-largest staffing firm in the world. Andringa plans to drive a balanced environmental, social and governance agenda, including better diversity in succession planning to foster(…)

Dimitri Yocarini

Dimitri Yocarini

For the last 16 years, Olympia CEO Dimitri Yocarini has adopted the company’s mission: working on what matters. Beginning his career with Olympia in 2001, Yocarini’s professional development has remained steadfast to the employment solution space. In 2023, he worked with DE&I leaders in the organisation to sign a Diversity Charter through the Social and(…)