Staffing 100 Europe | Hall of Fame | 2022
An international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster, Lord Michael Ashcroft has had varied and substantial business interests around the world in public and private companies. In staffing, he has held a majority interest in Impellam Group, a £2.26 billion UK-based staffing firm; he was named non-executive chairman of the firm in 2014.
He is a former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in the UK, the honourary chairman and former treasurer of the International Democrat Union and a Privy Council member. In the UK, he is the founder and chair of trustees of both Crimestoppers and the Ashcroft Technology Academy and chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University.
In April, he announced his intention to divest his shares of Impellam as he restructures his assets to focus on philanthropic and other activities.
